Exposure of inshore corals to suspended sediments due to wave-resuspension and river plumes in the central Great Barrier Reef: A reappraisal

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 47, Issue , 2012, Pages 55-67

  Orpin, Alan R ^a   Ridd, Peter V ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Great Barrier Reef; River plume; Sediment; Wave resuspension

Indexed keywords

AERIAL SURVEY; ALGAL BLOOM; BARRIER REEF; COASTAL LAGOON; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CORAL; CORAL REEF; DATA SET; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; FLOCCULATION; FLOODING; MASS BALANCE; RESUSPENSION; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVER PLUME; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TERRIGENOUS DEPOSIT; TURBIDITY; WAVE ACTION;

AUSTRALIA; CLEVELAND BAY; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; PACIFIC OCEAN; QUEENSLAND; TULLY RIVER;

ALGAE; ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84867141580     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2012.06.013     Document Type: Article

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