Differential Impact of Monsoon and Large Amplitude Internal Waves on Coral Reef Development in the Andaman Sea

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Wall, Marlene ^a   Schmidt, Gertraud Maria ^a   Janjang, Pornpan ^b   Khokiattiwong, Somkiat ^b   Richter, Claudio ^a  

^a ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b PHUKET MARINE BIOLOGICAL CENTER   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GEOGRAPHIC AND GEOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; GRAIN; INTERNAL WAVE; ISLAND (GEOLOGICAL); MONSOON; NONHUMAN; PH; SEASON; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTATION RATE; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

ANIMALS; ANTHOZOA; CALIBRATION; CORAL REEFS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENT; FLOODS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; ISLANDS; OCEANS AND SEAS; RAIN; SEASONS; TEMPERATURE; THAILAND; TIME FACTORS; TROPICAL CLIMATE;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84870342310     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0050207     Document Type: Article

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