Flow inside a coral colony measured using magnetic resonance velocimetry

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1819-1827

  Chang, Sandy ^a   Elkins, Chris ^b   Alley, Marcus ^b   Eaton, John ^b   Monismith, Stephen ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL; FLOW PATTERN; FLOW VELOCITY; MAGNETIC METHOD; MORPHOLOGY; TOMOGRAPHY; VELOCITY PROFILE; VISUALIZATION;

ANTHOZOA; STYLOPHORA PISTILLATA;

EID: 67949123065     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2009.54.5.1819     Document Type: Article

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