Coastal climate of northwest Australia and comparisons with the Great Barrier Reef: 1960 to 1992

Coral Reefs

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 351-367

  Lough, J M ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Climate; Coral reefs; Great Barrier Reef; NW Australia

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE; COASTAL ZONE; CORAL REEF; TEMPORAL VARIATION;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 0032409434     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003380050139     Document Type: Article

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