Sticky waters in the Great Barrier Reef

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 27-32

  Wolanski, E ^a   Spagnol, S ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Coral reefs; Eddy; Great Barrier Reef; Tidal friction; Water circulation

Indexed keywords

CORAL REEF; CURRENT; HYDRODYNAMICS; TIDE; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

AUSTRALIA; GREAT BARRIER REEF;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 0034104021     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/ecss.1999.0528     Document Type: Article

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