Shallow-water wave lensing in coral reefs: A physical and biological case study

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 4304-4312

  Veal, Cameron James ^a,b   Carmi, Maya ^b   Dishon, Gal ^b   Sharon, Yoni ^b   Michael, Kelvin ^c   Tchernov, Dan ^b,d,e   Hoegh Guldberg, Ove ^a   Fine, Maoz ^b,f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b The Interuniversity Institute for Marine Science Eilat   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^d HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^f BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Coral; Light; Wave lensing

Indexed keywords

SEA WATER;

ANIMAL; ANTHOZOA; ARTICLE; CORAL REEF; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE; WATER FLOW; WIND;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CORAL REEFS; SEAWATER; SUNLIGHT; TEMPERATURE; WATER MOVEMENTS; WIND;

ANTHOZOA; FAVITES ABDITA; STYLOPHORA PISTILLATA;

EID: 78650046211     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.044941     Document Type: Article

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