Patchiness in the Fly River plume in Torres Strait

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 369-381

  Wolanski, Eric ^a   Spagnol, Simon ^a   King, Brian ^a   Ayukai, Tenshi ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fly River plume; Patchiness; Torres Strait

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; CORAL REEF; PATCHINESS; RIVER PLUME; SALINITY; STRAIT;

PAPUA NEW GUINEA; TORRES STRAIT;

EID: 0032907435     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-7963(98)00020-7     Document Type: Article

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