Modeling and observations of high-frequency flow variability and internal waves at a Caribbean reef spawning aggregation site

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 581-598

  Ezer, Tal ^a   Heyman, William D ^b   Houser, Chris ^b   Kjerfve, Björn ^c  

^a OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WORLD MARITIME UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Internal waves; Numerical modeling; Reef promontory; Spawning aggregation; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

FIELD OBSERVATIONS; FLOW VARIABILITY; FLOW VARIATIONS; GRID SIZE; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; HIGH FREQUENCY OSCILLATIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION; INTERNAL WAVES; LARGE-SCALE FLOWS; LARVAL SURVIVAL; MESOSCALE EDDY; MODEL SIMULATION; NUMERICAL MODELING; OCEAN MODEL; REEF FISHES; SENSITIVITY MODEL; SMALL VARIATIONS; SPAWNING AGGREGATIONS; STEEP TOPOGRAPHY; STRONG DISPERSION; TURBULENT REGIONS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISPERSION (WAVES); SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TIDES;

REEFS;

AGGREGATION BEHAVIOR; DISPERSION; EGG; FISH; FLOW MODELING; FLOW PATTERN; INTERNAL WAVE; LARVA; LARVAL TRANSPORT; NUMERICAL MODEL; REEF; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SPAWNING; SURVIVAL; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT; WAVE MODELING;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BELIZE [CENTRAL AMERICA]; CARIBBEAN SEA; GLADDEN SPIT; MESOAMERICAN BARRIER REEF;

PISCES;

EID: 79957906621     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-010-0367-2     Document Type: Article

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