Animal-Sediment Interactions Relevant to Shallow-Water Boundary-Layer Flows and Sediment Transport

摘要

The long-term goals of this research are to identify conditions where existing abiotic, sediment-transport models would make reasonably accurate predictions, and to identify the key, biologically relevant parameters that would improve sediment-transport models to account for biological effects. Ultimately, this research would contribute to a new generation of models that could provide meaningful sediment-transport predictions which are meaningful for both biotic and abiotic conditions. The objectives of this study are to obtain estimates of the seafloor area covered by dense assemblages of organisms that are likely to affect sediment transport in high-energy, very shallow water.