Video Transects Reveal That Tidal Sand Waves Affect the Spatial Distribution of Benthic Organisms and Sand Ripples

The sandy seabed of shallow coastal shelf seas displays morphological patterns of various dimensions. The seabed also harbors a rich ecosystem. Increasing pressure from human-induced disturbances necessitates further study on drivers of benthic community distributions over morphological patterns. Moreover, a greater understanding of the sand...

Sand ripples in irregular and changing wave conditions: A review of laboratory and field studies

The review is a precursor to a new programme of experiments on ripple regime sediment transport processes to be carried out in the Aberdeen Oscillatory Flow Tunnel (AOFT) as part of the SANDPIT project. The experiments will involve oscillatory flow only. For this reason the review concentrates on ripple regime transport under wave-only...