Molecular diffusive fluxes of oxygen in sediments of Port Phillip Bay in south-eastern Australia

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 557-566

  Burke, Christopher M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; FLOW; OXYGEN; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

AUSTRALIA; PORT PHILLIP BAY; VICTORIA;

EID: 0032796543     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF98056     Document Type: Article

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