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1 July 2007 Spatial Trends in Marsh Sediment Deposition Within a Microtidal Creek System, Waccasassa Bay, Florida
Nathan Wood, Albert C. Hine
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Abstract

Marsh surface deposition, suspended sediment concentrations, tidal hydrodynamics, and marsh surface characteristics were measured within a tidal creek system of a west-central Florida, microtidal, open marine Juncus roemerianus marsh to examine the depositional relationship between a creek system and the surrounding marsh during nonstorm conditions. Results suggest that short-term marsh deposition is highly episodic with deposition showing an inverse relationship with marsh surface inundation. Deposition was greatest at marsh sites adjacent to secondary creek segments over all examined timescales. Variations in hydroperiod, time–velocity asymmetry, vegetation density, and sediment availability could not explain the observed differences in short-term deposition.

Nathan Wood and Albert C. Hine "Spatial Trends in Marsh Sediment Deposition Within a Microtidal Creek System, Waccasassa Bay, Florida," Journal of Coastal Research 2007(234), 823-833, (1 July 2007). https://doi.org/10.2112/04-0243.1
Received: 30 May 2004; Accepted: 25 January 2005; Published: 1 July 2007
KEYWORDS
Big Bend
Deposition
Florida
geomorphology
Gulf of Mexico
Salt marsh
sediment traps
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