Inclusion of Multiple Functional Types in an Automaton Model of Bioturbation and Their Effects on Sediments Properties

Abstract

The long term goal is a quantitative and mechanistic understanding of the relationship between infaunal ecology and the consequent modification of sediments, including the creation and destruction of heterogeneities and the modes and rates of sediment component mixing.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 30, 2007
Accession Number
ADA570926

Entities

People

  • Bernard P. Boudreau

Organizations

  • Dalhousie University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Animal Locomotion
  • Automata
  • Collapse
  • Crack Propagation
  • Data Sets
  • Diffusion
  • Ecology
  • Fungi
  • Heterogeneity
  • Inclusions
  • Marine Biology
  • Materials
  • Nova Scotia
  • Oceanography
  • Particles
  • Physical Properties
  • Sediments

Readers

  • Aquatic Ecology
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation