Fine sediment budget on an inner-shelf coral-fringed island, Great Barrier Reef of Australia

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 65, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 153-158

  Wolanski, Eric ^a   Fabricius, Katharina ^a   Spagnol, Simon ^a   Brinkman, Richard ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coral reefs; Ecosystem health; Human impact; Resuspension; Sedimentation

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELF; CORAL REEF; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; GREAT BARRIER REEF; OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND; WORLD;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 25144505959     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2005.06.003     Document Type: Article

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