Pulsed delivery of subthermocline water to Conch Reef (Florida Keys) by internal tidal bores

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1490-1501

  Leichter, James J ^a   Wing, Stephen R ^b   Miller, Steven L ^c   Denny, Mark W ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 0001138058     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.1996.41.7.1490     Document Type: Article

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