Modeling Bedload Transport of Juvenile Bivalves: Predicted Changes in Distribution and Scale of Postlarval Dispersal
Heather, L. Hunt; David, C. Fugate; Robert. J. Chant
Estuaries and Coasts 32(6): 1090-1102
2009
ISSN/ISBN: 1559-2723 DOI: 10.1007/s12237-009-9205-5
Accession: 063817282
The potential consequences of bedload transport of postlarvae for patterns of distribution of marine invertebrates were explored by developing a bedload transport model for juvenile bivalves in a small estuary in New Jersey, USA. A simple numerical model of tidal current hydrodynamics was developed based on field measurements of shear stresses near the bottom.