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Abstract
Sediment transport by rainfall-runoff processes is well documented for terrestrial landscapes but few studies have focused on rainfall-runoff effects in intertidal areas. Here we present geochemical analyses performed on sediment samples collected during low tide irrigation experiments, and tidal channel turbidity measurements taken during natural rainfall over North Inlet Marsh, South Carolina. Order of magnitude approximations indicate that a single 10 minute storm may entrain 8-15% of the local annual average sediment accumulation. This rainfall-entrained material is enriched in organic nitrogen and marine algal matter, and therefore of high nutritional quality.
Publication Info
Published in Coastal and Estuarine Studies, ed. Sergio Fagherazzi, Marco Marani, and Linda K. Blum, Volume 59, 2004, pages 93-114.
Torres, R., Goni, M. A., Voulgaris, G., Lovell, C. R., & Morris, J. T. (2004). Effects of low tide rainfall on intertidal zone material cycling. Coastal and Estuarine Studies, 59, 93-114.
© Coastal and Estuarine Studies 2004, American Geophysical Union
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Torres, R., Goni, M. A., Voulgaris, G., Lovell, C. R., & Morris, J. T. (2004). Effects of low tide rainfall on intertidal zone material cycling. Coastal and Estuarine Studies, 59, 93-114.
© Coastal and Estuarine Studies 2004, American Geophysical Union