Summer surface circulation along the Gascoyne continental shelf, Western Australia

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 132-152

  Woo, Mun ^a   Pattiaratchi, Charitha ^a   Schroeder, William ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b DAUPHIN ISLAND SEA LAB   (United States)

Author keywords

Capes Current; Leeuwin Current; Ningaloo Current; Shark Bay; Surface circulation; Western Australia

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; COASTAL CIRCULATION; CONTINENTAL SHELF; SEA SURFACE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; SHARK BAY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ANTHOZOA; CHONDRICHTHYES;

EID: 29144455832     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2005.07.007     Document Type: Article

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