Wet season fine sediment dynamics on the inner shelf of the Great Barrier Reef

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 755-762

  Wolanski, Eric ^a,b   Fabricius, Katharina E ^a   Cooper, Timothy F ^a,b   Humphrey, Craig ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; coral; fine sediment; resuspension; river plume; sedimentation

Indexed keywords

COASTAL WATER; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CORAL REEF; EROSION CONTROL; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; FLOOD; IRRADIANCE; JUVENILE; MUD; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; RESUSPENSION; RIVER PLUME; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SOIL EROSION; WET SEASON;

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

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 41549116271     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2007.10.014     Document Type: Article

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