Quantifying water flow within aquatic ecosystems using load cell sensors: A profile of currents experienced by coral reef organisms around Lizard Island, Great Barrier Reef, Australia

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Johansen, Jacob L ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CORAL REEF; HABITAT; LOAD CELL SENSOR; NONHUMAN; SENSOR; SHEAR STRESS; VELOCITY; WATER FLOW;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; AUSTRALIA; CORAL REEFS; ECOSYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; ISLANDS; RHEOLOGY; WATER MOVEMENTS; WIND;

EID: 84897410684     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083240     Document Type: Article

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