Linking synoptic forcing and local mesoscale processes with biological dynamics off Ningaloo Reef

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans

Volumn 118, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1211-1225

  Rossi, Vincent ^a   Feng, Ming ^b   Pattiaratchi, Charitha ^c   Roughan, Moninya ^a   Waite, Anya M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITRATES; NUTRIENTS; OCEAN HABITATS; OCEANOGRAPHY;

BIOLOGICAL DYNAMICS; COASTAL UPWELLING EVENTS; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY; MIXED LAYER DEPTHS; PROMINENT FEATURES; SHARP PHYSICAL INTERFACES; SURFACE CHLOROPHYLL;

REEFS;

ADVECTION; HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY; MESOSCALE MOTION; NONLINEARITY; ORGANIC MATTER; REMINERALIZATION; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUBSURFACE FLOW; SYNOPTIC METEOROLOGY; TIMESCALE; WATER MASS;

AUSTRALIA; NINGALOO REEF; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84878934015     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrc.20110     Document Type: Article

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