Water velocity dependence of phosphate uptake on a coral-dominated fringing reef flat, La Réunion Island, Indian Ocean

Coral Reefs

Volumn 30, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 37-43

  Cuet, P ^a   Pierret, C ^a   Cordier, E ^a,b   Atkinson, M J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LA RÉUNION   (France)

^b IRD Réunion   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Coral reefs; Nutrient uptake; Phosphate; Water velocity

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER; CORAL REEF; FRINGING REEF; LINEARITY; MASS TRANSFER; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHOSPHATE; REACTION KINETICS; SAMPLING; SWELL; WATER COLUMN;

MASCARENE ISLANDS; REUNION;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 79955843646     PISSN: 07224028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00338-010-0712-4     Document Type: Article

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