Enhanced benthic response to upwelling of the Indonesian Throughflow onto the southern shelf of Timor-Leste, Timor Sea

Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 158-170

  Alongi, Daniel M ^a   Brinkman, Richard ^a   Trott, Lindsay A ^a   Da Silva, Fernando ^b   Pereira, Francisco ^b   Wagey, Tonny ^c  

^a AUSTRALIAN INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (Australia)

^b Florestas e Pescas   (Australia)

^c Agency for Marine and Fisheries Research   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

benthic; Indonesian Throughflow; metabolism; Timor Sea; Timor Leste; upwelling

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; BACTERIUM; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; CETACEAN; CHLOROPHYLL A; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); NUTRIENT CYCLING; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; PHYTOPLANKTON; PRIMARY PRODUCTION; SALINITY; SEDIMENT ANALYSIS; THROUGHFLOW; UPWELLING;

INDONESIA; LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS; SUNDA ISLES; TIMOR; TIMOR-LESTE;

EID: 84880152375     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698961     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JG002150     Document Type: Article

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