Tidal flushing and wind driven circulation of Ahe atoll lagoon (Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia) from in situ observations and numerical modelling

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 65, Issue 10-12, 2012, Pages 425-440

  Dumas, F ^a   Le Gendre, R ^a   Thomas, Y ^a   Andrefouet S ^b  

^a IFREMER   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (New Caledonia)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Connectivity; French Polynesia; Lagoon circulation; MARS3D; Residence time

Indexed keywords

3D MODELS; CIRCULATION PATTERNS; CLIMATOLOGICAL CONDITIONS; CONNECTIVITY; FIELD DATA; FRENCH POLYNESIA; HYDRODYNAMICAL MODEL; IN-SITU OBSERVATIONS; MARS3D; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; OVERTURNING CIRCULATION; PEARL OYSTER; RADIATION STRESS; RENEWAL TIME; RESIDENCE TIME; STREAMFUNCTIONS; STRONG CURRENTS; TIDAL FLUSHING; WATER CIRCULATION; WIND-DRIVEN CIRCULATION;

AQUACULTURE; HYDRODYNAMICS; THREE DIMENSIONAL; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

LAKES;

AQUACULTURE; ATOLL; FLUSHING; HYDRODYNAMICS; LAGOON; MOLLUSC; NUMERICAL MODEL; OCEANIC CIRCULATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRENCH POLYNESIA; HYDRODYNAMICS; IN SITU OBSERVATION; LAGOON; LARVA; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODELLING; OBSERVATION; PINCTADA; RADIATION; RADIATION STRESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL HYDRODYNAMICAL MODEL; TIDAL FLUSHING; TIDE; WIND;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PINCTADA; POLYNESIA; SEAWATER; WATER MOVEMENTS; WIND;

FRENCH POLYNESIA; TUAMOTU ARCHIPELAGO;

PINCTADA;

EID: 84865540671     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2012.05.041     Document Type: Article

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