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Robert B. Biggs
Researcher at University of Delaware
Publications - 13
Citations - 889
Robert B. Biggs is an academic researcher from University of Delaware. The author has contributed to research in topics: Estuary & Bay. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 13 publications receiving 874 citations.
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Chesapeake bay anoxia: origin, development, and significance.
Charles B. Officer,Robert B. Biggs,Jay L. Taft,L. Eugene Cronin,Mary A. Tyler,Walter R. Boynton +5 more
TL;DR: The Chesapeake Bay anoxia appears to have had significant ecological effects on many marine species, including several of economic importance.
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The estuary as a sediment trap: alternate approaches to estimating its filtering efficiency
TL;DR: In this paper, the trapping efficiency of estuaries for particulate matter is reviewed using box models, evaluation of historical changes in bathymetry, geochronologic data, and the capacity-inflow ratio.
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Phosphorus distribution in sediments of the Delaware River estuary
Richard N. Strom,Robert B. Biggs +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a correlation matrix between the phosphorus fractions, determined by serial extraction, and 14 sediment variables was computed, and it was concluded that calcium phosphate is not a major constituent of the sediment-phosphorus reservoir.
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Metals in estuarine sediments: factor analysis and its environmental significance.
Frederick Bopp,Robert B. Biggs +1 more
TL;DR: Q-mode factor analysis has been used to partition the variability of environmentally active metals in Delaware Bay sediments, and three factors are identified as a natural background source, an oceanic or seawater source, and an estuarine source.
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Special Characteristics of Estuaries
Robert B. Biggs,L. Eugene Cronin +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a working classification for drowned river estuaries has been developed and is based on the dominance of certain terms in the salt balance equation, which is used to characterize the gradient of salinity in a semi-enclosed coastal system.