Predicting high-frequency upwelling: Spatial and temporal patterns of temperature anomalies on a Florida coral reef

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 911-928

  Leichter, James J ^a   Miller, Steven L ^b  

^a WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA WILMINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Coral reefs; Return times; Temperature extremes; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TEMPORAL VARIATION; UPWELLING;

CONCH REEF; FLORIDA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033152609     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-4343(99)00004-7     Document Type: Article

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