Characteristics of physical environment of Japanese coral reef region in Sekisei lagoon (Okinawa prefecture, JAPAN)

Oceans Conference Record (IEEE)

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages 660-666

  Furushima, Yasuo ^a   Okamoto, Mineo ^b   Nijima, Satoshi ^c   Kanno, Susumu ^d  

^a JAPAN AGENCY FOR MARINE EARTH SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Fuyo Ocean Development and Engineering Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MARINE ENGINEERING; OCEAN CURRENTS;

TOPOGRAPHY;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

EID: 0038495555     PISSN: 01977385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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