A cost-effective technique for measuring relative water movement for studies of benthic organisms

Marine and Freshwater Research

Volumn 61, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1327-1335

  Evans, S N ^a   Abdo, D A ^a,b  

^a WESTERN AUSTRALIAN FISHERIES AND MARINE RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

Author keywords

data logger; exposure; hydrodynamic; swell; wave action

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; BENTHOS; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA BUOY; HYDRODYNAMICS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; SEAFLOOR; SWELL; WATER COLUMN; WATER FLOW; WAVE ACTION;

AUSTRALIA; HOUTMAN ABROLHOS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 78649594844     PISSN: 13231650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/MF10007     Document Type: Article

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