Physical and ecological processes of internal waves on an isolated reef ecosystem in the South China Sea

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 18, 2007, Pages

  Wang, Yu Huai ^a   Dai, Chang Feng ^b   Chen, Yang Yih ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHYLL; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ECOLOGY; ECOSYSTEMS; NUTRIENTS; PHYTOPLANKTON; TEMPERATURE; WATER WAVES;

INTERNAL WAVES; MICROBIAL DECOMPOSITION;

COASTAL ZONES;

ATOLL; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; INTERNAL WAVE; REEF; WATER TEMPERATURE;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

EID: 36549077728     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL030658     Document Type: Article

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