Thermal plume effects: A multi-disciplinary approach for assessing effects of thermal pollution on estuaries using benthic diatoms and satellite imagery

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 99, Issue , 2012, Pages 132-144

  Ingleton, Timothy ^a,b   McMinn, Andrew ^b  

^a OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENT AND HERITAGE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

32 57' S 151 42' E; 33 12' S 151 29' E; Australia; Diatoms; Lake Macquarie; New South Wales; Phytobenthos; Pollution; Satellite sensing; Temperature effects

Indexed keywords

BAY; COASTAL ZONE; DIATOM; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; PHYTOBENTHOS; PLUME; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION MONITORING; POWER PLANT; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SEASONALITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; THERMAL POLLUTION; THERMAL POWER; WATER QUALITY;

AUSTRALIA; LAKE MACQUARIE; NEW SOUTH WALES;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; GRAMMATOPHORA; LANCEOLA; NAVICULA; PSAMMODICTYON; RHAPHONEIS; TRYBLIONELLA;

EID: 84858000979     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2011.12.024     Document Type: Article

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