Effects of flow and colony morphology on the thermal boundary layer of corals

Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Volumn 8, Issue 65, 2011, Pages 1785-1795

  Jimenez, Isabel M ^a   Kuḧl, Michael ^a,b   Larkum, Anthony W D ^a,c   Ralph, Peter J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Boundary layer; Coral; Microsensor; Temperature; Water flow

Indexed keywords

BLEACHING; BOUNDARY LAYERS; CLEANING; FLOW OF WATER; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDRAULICS; MASS TRANSFER; MICROELECTRODES; MICROSENSORS; RADIATION EFFECTS; SURFACE TOPOGRAPHY; TEMPERATURE;

BOUNDARY LAYER PROCESS; COLONY MORPHOLOGY; CORAL; CORAL BLEACHING; DIFFUSIVE BOUNDARY LAYERS; EFFECT OF WATER; FLOW CHAMBERS; GEOMETRICAL OBJECTS; HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER; HEAT TRANSFER THEORY; MICRO-ALGAE; MICROENVIRONMENTS; PISTILLATA; PORITES LOBATA; STRESS RESPONSE; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; THERMAL BOUNDARY LAYER; WATER FLOW;

LAMINAR BOUNDARY LAYER;

ARTICLE; COLONY FORMATION; CORAL; LEPTASTREA PURPUREA; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PLATYGYRA SINENSIS; PORITES LOBATA; STYLOPHORA PISTILLATA; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMAL BOUNDARY LAYER; WATER FLOW;

EID: 82655169319     PISSN: 17425689     EISSN: 17425662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsif.2011.0144     Document Type: Article

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