Spatio-temporal variability in suspended particulate matter concentration and the role of aggregation on size distribution in a coral reef lagoon

Marine Geology

Volumn 256, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 36-48

  Jouon, Aymeric ^a,b   Ouillon, Sylvain ^a,c   Douillet, Pascal ^a   Lefebvre, Jean Pierre ^a   Fernandez, Jean Michel ^a   Mari, Xavier ^a   Froidefond, Jean Marie ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

Author keywords

beam attenuation; coral reef; flocs; marine aggregates; New Caledonia; optical backscattering; particle size distribution; suspended particles

Indexed keywords

BEAM ATTENUATION; CORAL REEF; FLOCS; MARINE AGGREGATES; NEW CALEDONIA; OPTICAL BACKSCATTERING; PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SUSPENDED PARTICLES;

AGGREGATES; BACKSCATTERING; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); D REGION; DIFFRACTION; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; IONOSPHERE; LAKES; LANDFORMS; LIGHT; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); POROUS MATERIALS; REEFS; SCATTERING; SIZE DETERMINATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TURBIDITY;

AGGLOMERATION;

AGGREGATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORAL REEF; FILTRATION; LAGOON; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER COLUMN;

MELANESIA; NEW CALEDONIA [MELANESIA]; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PACIFIC OCEAN;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 56949101652     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2008.09.008     Document Type: Article

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