Effects of wind waves versus ship waves on tidal marsh plants: a flume study on different life stages of Scirpus maritimus

Recent research indicates that many ecosystems, including intertidal marshes, follow the alternative stable states theory. This theory implies that thresholds of environmental factors can mark a limit between two opposing stable ecosystem states, e.g. vegetated marshes and bare mudflats. While eleva...

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 10; no. 3; p. e0118687
Main Authors:	Silinski, Alexandra, Heuner, Maike, Schoelynck, Jonas, Puijalon, Sara, Schröder, Uwe, Fuchs, Elmar, Troch, Peter, Bouma, Tjeerd J, Meire, Patrick, Temmerman, Stijn
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 23-03-2015 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Adults Aquatic plants Biodiversity and Ecology Biology Biomechanics Coastal ecosystems Colonization Constraining Cyperaceae - physiology Developmental stages Drag Ecosystem biology Ecosystems Environmental factors Environmental Sciences Estuaries Geomorphology Hydrology Marine ecosystems Marshes Mean sea level Mud flats Ocean currents Plant resistance Plant Shoots - physiology Plant tissues Sea level Sedimentation & deposition Sediments Sediments (Geology) Seedlings Seeds - physiology Ships Shoots Soil erosion Stems Stiffness Survival Tidal marshes Tidal Waves Water levels Water waves Wave period Wetlands Wind Wind effects Wind waves Belgium Netherlands Germany
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