A physical derivation of nutrient-uptake rates in coral reefs: Effects of roughness and waves

Coral Reefs

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 347-356

  Hearn, C ^a   Atkinson, M ^b   Falter, J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosphere 2; Coral reefs; Friction; Hydrodynamics; Kaneohe Bay; Nutrient uptake; Ocean modeling

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC-PELAGIC COUPLING; CORAL REEF; HYDRODYNAMICS; MASS TRANSFER; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; WAVE ACTION;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 0035687898     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-001-0185-6     Document Type: Article

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