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Articles | Volume 12, issue 2
Articles | Volume 12, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-12-537-2024
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https://doi.org/10.5194/esurf-12-537-2024
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 12, issue 2
Research article
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22 Apr 2024
Research article |  | 22 Apr 2024

Benthos as a key driver of morphological change in coastal regions

Peter Arlinghaus, Corinna Schrum, Ingrid Kröncke, and Wenyan Zhang

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Benthos is recognized to strongly influence sediment stability, deposition, and erosion. This is well studied on small scales, but large-scale impact on morphological change is largely unknown. We quantify the large-scale impact of benthos by modeling the evolution of a tidal basin. Results indicate a profound impact of benthos by redistributing sediments on large scales. As confirmed by measurements, including benthos significantly improves model results compared to an abiotic scenario.
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