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Total sediment accretion rate on the flat (sand to muddy sand) was estimated to be ~2 cm yr<sup>-1</sup>, based on <sup>210</sup>Pb and <sup>137</sup>Cs profiles. <sup>7</sup>Be showed maximum activity in the surface sediments during summer, reflecting accretion of fine silt at this time of year, and total vertical mixing of sediment to be in the order of 50 cm<sup>2</sup> yr<sup>-1</sup>. The extent to which different physical and biological processes (tidal currents, air exposure, bio-stabilisation, biodeposition and bioturbation) contributed towards sediment dynamics was estimated. A sediment transport model based on physical factors estimated sedimentation rates of 1.2 cm yr<sup>-1</sup>, but did not account for tidal or seasonal variation in suspended particulate matter (SPM), wind or effects of spring-neap tidal cycles. When the model was run with an increased critical bed shear stress due to the microphytobenthos, net sedimentation rates increased 2-fold. These higher rates were in closer agreement with the rates derived from the depth profiles of radionuclides for the central region of the tidal flat (2.0 to 2.4 cm yr<sup>-1</sup>). Therefore a significant part of the sedimentation rate (~50%) may be explained by spatial-temporal changes in biological processes, including 'bio-stabilisation' by microphytobenthos, together with the enhanced biodeposition of silt by suspension feeders, and offset by processes of 'bio-destabilisation' by grazers and bioturbators. In the centre of the tidal flat there was a shift from high sediment stability in spring-summer 1996 to low sediment stability in autumn 1997, quantified by a significant reduction in critical erosion velocity of 0.12 to 0.15 m s<sup>-1</sup>, and accompanied by a 30- to 50-fold increase in sediment erosion rate. 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