Variation in sea temperature and the East Australian Current in the Solitary Islands region between 2001-2008

Deep-Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 616-627

  Malcolm, Hamish A ^a,d   Davies, Peter L ^b   Jordan, Alan ^c   Smith, Stephen D A ^d  

^a New South Wales Government Marine Parks Authority   (Australia)

^b NSW Department of Environment Climate Change and Water   (Australia)

^c NSW Department of Environment Climate Change and Water   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cross shelf pattern; Sea Surface Temperature; Solitary Islands Marine Park; Spatial and temporal scale

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE TEMPERATURE; CROSS-SHELF PATTERN; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; NEARSHORES; NEW SOUTH WALES; REEF FISHES; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURES; SEA TEMPERATURE; SHELF WATERS; SOLITARY ISLANDS MARINE PARK; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL SCALE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; TEMPERATURE PATTERNS; TEMPORAL SCALE; TROPICAL SPECIES;

PARKS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; SEA SURFACE HEIGHT; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

AUSTRALIA; EAST AUSTRALIAN CURRENT; NEW SOUTH WALES; PACIFIC OCEAN; SOLITARY ISLANDS MARINE PARK;

EID: 79951557539     PISSN: 09670645     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr2.2010.09.030     Document Type: Article

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