Ningaloo reef currents: Implications for coral spawn dispersal, zooplankton and whale shark abundance

Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 57-65

  Taylor, J G ^a   Pearce, A F ^b  

^a CSIRO Marine Research ^*  (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; CURRENT; DISPERSAL; SPAWNING; ZOOPLANKTON;

AUSTRALIA; INDIAN OCEAN;

EID: 0033372737     PISSN: 0035922X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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