Functional role of the fractal morphology of corals: A full model of the nutrient turbulent diffusion fluxes to a coral reef;ROLE FONCTIONNEL DE LA MORPHOLOGIE FRACTALE DE CORAUX. MODELE COMPLET DES FLUX DE NUTRIMENTS PAR DIFFUSION TURBULENTE VERS UN RECIF CORALLIEN

Comptes Rendus de l'Academie des Sciences - Serie III

Volumn 321, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 295-298

  Basillais, Éric ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Coral reef; Diffusion; Fractal; Morphology; Nutrient; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; TURBULENT DIFFUSION FLUX;

ARTICLE; COELENTERATE; CORAL; DIFFUSION; DYNAMICS; ECOSYSTEM; FRACTAL ANALYSIS; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; MODEL; MORPHOLOGY; NUTRIENT; TURBULENT FLOW;

ANTHOZOA; COELENTERATA;

EID: 0032053697     PISSN: 07644469     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0764-4469(98)80054-1     Document Type: Article

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