Thermally driven exchanges between a coral reef and the adjoining ocean

Journal of Physical Oceanography

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1332-1347

  Monismith, Stephen G ^a   Genin, Amatzia ^b   Reidenbach, Matthew A ^a,c   Yahel, Gitai ^b,d   Koseff, Jeffrey R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Interuniversity Institute for Marine Science Eilat   (Israel)

^c Berkeley   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; COASTAL ZONES; COOLING; HEAT TRANSFER; HEATING; REEFS; SHEAR FLOW; SIPHONS; THERMAL GRADIENTS; UNSTEADY FLOW;

CORAL REEF; FLOW TRANSPORT; TIDAL FLOWS;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

COASTAL WATER; CORAL REEF; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; SHALLOW WATER;

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

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 33748505680     PISSN: 00223670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JPO2916.1     Document Type: Article

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