Transportation of water,particulate and dissolved organic and inorganic matter between a salt marsh and the Ems-Dollard estuary,The Netherlands |
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Authors: | Norbert Dankers Michel Binsbergen Koos Zegers Remi Laane Michiel Rutgers van der Loeff |
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Affiliation: | 1. Research Institute for Nature Management, P.O. Box 59, 1790 AB Den Burg, Texel, The Netherlands;2. Biological Research Ems-Dollard Estuary, P.O. Box 59, 1790 AB Den Burg, Texel, The Netherlands |
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Abstract: | Transport processes were studied in a gully between a salt marsh and an estuary. After storm tides, ebb currents in the gully reached high values. It is concluded that particulate matter (both organic and inorganic) are imported into the marsh. Coarse organic debris is exported during storm tides, but this amount is low when compared with the primary production on the marsh. Exports are shown for dissolved organic carbon, ammonia, phosphate and silica, while nitrate and possibly nitrite are imported. Organic matter derived from in situ production and net import is buried and partly mineralized in the marsh. |
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Keywords: | salt marshes transport suspended matter organic matter hydrography sedimentation detritus mineralization |
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