Seasonality and spacing determine the effect of juvenile floodplain willows (Salix alba and Salix viminalis) on water current velocities

Heike Markus-Michalczyk*, Jaco de Smit, Zhenchang Zhu, Alexander Mchedlishvili, Janneke van Bree, Tjeerd J. Bouma

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Original languageEnglish
Article number106697
Number of pages9
JournalEstuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
Volume238
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 5 Jun 2020

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We thank Lennart van IJzerloo and Daniel Benjamin Blok for practical support in the flume experiment. We are grateful to Christian and Matthias Michalczyk for sampling the willows in the stormy tidal wetlands of the Elbe estuary and making this study possible. We further thank the German nature conservation authorities for the personalized permission that was granted to Heike Markus-Michalczyk to use willow from the tidal wetlands in this experiment. The work of H.M.-M., Z.Z., J. de S. and T.J. Bouma was funded by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research ( NWO ) BE-SAFE project grant 850.13.011 . We state herewith that all authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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