Water column structure and circulation in the Main Channel, Twin Cays, Belize

Atoll Research Bulletin

Volumn , Issue 531-542, 2005, Pages 133-156

  Kibler, Steven R ^a   Faust, Maria A ^b   Vandersea, Mark W ^a   Varnam, Sabrina M ^a   Litaker, R Wayne ^a   Tester, Patricia A ^a  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIRCULATION; STRATIFICATION; WATER COLUMN; WATER TEMPERATURE;

BELIZE [CENTRAL AMERICA]; CENTRAL AMERICA; STANN CREEK; TWIN CAYS;

EID: 33144477727     PISSN: 00775630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5479/si.00775630.535.136     Document Type: Article

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