Importance of biologically mediated removal of fine sediments from the Fly River plume, Papua New Guinea

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 629-639

  Ayukai, T ^a   Wolanski, E ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fly River; Papua New Guinea; phytoplankton; removal rates; river plumes; suspended sediments

Indexed keywords

PLUMES; RIVERS; SEDIMENT;

FLOCCUATION; FLOCCULATION; PHYTOPLANKTON; RIVER PLUME; RIVER PLUMES; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; SUSPENDED SEDIMENTS;

PACIFIC, TORRES STRAIT; PAPUA NEW GUINEA, FLY RIVER;

EID: 0031128659     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1996.0172     Document Type: Article

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