The combined influence of hydrodynamic forcing and calcification on the spatial distribution of alkalinity in a coral reef system

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 117, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Zhang, Zhenlin ^a   Falter, James ^a   Lowe, Ryan ^a   Ivey, Greg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMINERALIZATION; BONE; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAKES; NUMERICAL MODELS; PH; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; THREE DIMENSIONAL; TIDES; WATER WAVES;

ALONGSHORE CURRENT; CONTROL VOLUMES; CORAL REEF; CORAL REEF SYSTEMS; DIURNAL VARIATION; FIELD EXPERIMENT; FIELD MEASUREMENT; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; HYDRODYNAMIC FORCING; IN-SITU; NEARSHORES; NONLINEAR INTERACTIONS; NUMERICAL MODELING; OCEAN CIRCULATION MODELS; OFFSHORE WAVES; REGIONAL OCEAN MODELING SYSTEM; RESIDENCE TIME; SIMULATING WAVES; SPECTRAL WAVE MODELS; WATER RESIDENCE TIME; WAVE HEIGHTS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

REEFS;

ALKALINITY; CALCIFICATION; CIRCULATION MODELING; CORAL REEF; DIURNAL VARIATION; FRINGING REEF; HYDRODYNAMIC FORCE; LIGHT AVAILABILITY; LIGHT EFFECT; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; OFFSHORE APPLICATION; RESIDENCE TIME; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WAVE HEIGHT; WAVE MODELING;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; NINGALOO REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84861374672     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JC007603     Document Type: Article

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