A review on sediment bioflocculation: Dynamics, influencing factors and modeling

H Lai, H Fang, L Huang, G He, D Reible - Science of the total environment, 2018 - Elsevier
Sediment in a water column provides excellent substratum for microorganism colonization,
and biological processes would alter the physical and chemical of sediment, resulting in …

Factors controlling floc settling velocity along a longitudinal estuarine transect

AJ Manning, DH Schoellhamer - Marine Geology, 2013 - Elsevier
A 147 km longitudinal transect of flocculated cohesive sediment properties in San Francisco
Bay (SFB) was conducted on June 17th, 2008. Our aim was to determine the factors that …

[HTML][HTML] The Physics-Biology Links in Suspended and Settled Estuarine Mud Dynamics: A Review

E Wolanski, M Elliott - Sediment Transport Research-Further …, 2024 - intechopen.com
In marine, coastal and estuarine environments, it is not possible to understand the
ecological processes unless there is a very good understanding of the physical forcing …

Effect of salinity on the settling velocity of fine sediments of a harbour basin

LI Portela, S Ramos… - Journal of Coastal …, 2013 - meridian.allenpress.com
ABSTRACT Portela, LI, Ramos, S. and Trigo-Teixeira, A., 2013. Effect of salinity on the
settling velocity of fine sediments of a harbour basin. In: Conley, DC, Masselink, G., Russell …

Geometry, fractal dimension and settling velocity of flocs during flooding conditions in the Rhône ROFI

G Many, XD de Madron, R Verney, F Bourrin… - Estuarine, Coastal and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract Regions Of Freshwater Influence (ROFI) are of particular interest in a source-to-sink
approach in terms of sediment advection, settling, and deposition in the coastal zone. An …

Quantifying mud settling velocity as a function of turbulence and salinity in a deltaic estuary

M McDonell, K Strom, J Nittrouer, G Mariotti - Continental Shelf Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Mud settling velocity in coastal regions is controlled by flocculation, which in turn strongly
depends on turbulence, chemistry, and biology of the water-sediment mixture. As a result …

How do changes in suspended sediment concentration alone influence the size of mud flocs under steady turbulent shearing?

D Tran, R Kuprenas, K Strom - Continental Shelf Research, 2018 - Elsevier
Modeling the size and settling velocity of sediment under the influence of flocculation is
crucial for the accurate prediction of mud movement and deposition in sediment transport …

Salinity impacts on floc size and growth rate with and without natural organic matter

E Abolfazli, K Strom - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Due to the flocculation process, suspended mud aggregates carried by rivers to the coastal
ocean are thought to undergo changes in size and shape in response to environmental …

Three‐dimensional modeling of fine sediment transport by waves and currents in a shallow estuary

YJ Chou, KS Nelson, RC Holleman… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
A suspended sediment transport model is implemented in the unstructured‐grid SUNTANS
model and applied to study fine‐grained sediment transport in South San Francisco Bay …

Flocculation in a decaying shear field and its implications for mud removal in near‐field river mouth discharges

K Strom, A Keyvani - Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
We measure the change in floc size in a decaying shear field that mimics the decay found in
a river mouth discharge. The primary questions explored are:(1) how far from equilibrium are …