Gradients in water column nutrients, sediment parameters, irradiance and coral reef development in the Whitsunday Region, central Great Barrier Reef

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 458-470

  Cooper, Timothy F ^a,b   Uthicke, Sven ^a   Humphrey, Craig ^a   Fabricius, Katharina E ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

chlorophyll a; coastal zone; environmental gradient; optical depth; turbidity

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL A; COASTAL ZONE; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; IRRADIANCE; OPTICAL DEPTH; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TURBIDITY; WATER COLUMN;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND; WHITSUNDAY ISLAND;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 34547553454     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.05.020     Document Type: Article

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