Red Sea gravity currents cascade near-reef phytoplankton to the twilight zone

Marine Ecology Progress Series

Volumn 269, Issue , 2004, Pages 91-99

  Niemann, Helge ^a,b   Richter, Claudio ^a   Jonkers, Henk M ^b   Badran, Mohammad I ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ CENTRE FOR TROPICAL MARINE RESEARCH ZMT   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Advection; Chl a; Coral reef ecology; Density cascading; Gravity currents; Gulf of Aqaba; Phytoplankton; Red Sea

Indexed keywords

ADVECTION; CHLOROPHYLL A; CORAL REEF; DENSITY CURRENT; PHYTOPLANKTON; SPATIAL VARIATION;

GULF OF AQABA; INDIAN OCEAN; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN];

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 1942509674     PISSN: 01718630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3354/meps269091     Document Type: Article

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