Flushing time of solutes and pollutants in the central Great Barrier Reef lagoon, Australia

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 778-791

  Wang, Yonghong ^a,b   Ridd, Peter V ^b   Heron, Mal L ^b   Stieglitz, Thomas C ^b,c   Orpin, Alan R ^b,d  

^a OCEAN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Diffusion coefficient; Exchange and diffusion model

Indexed keywords

BARRIER REEF; DIFFUSION; FLUSHING; MODELING; POLLUTANT; SALINITY; SOLUTE;

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

EID: 34548205732     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF06148     Document Type: Article

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