Assessing the drivers of spatial variation in thermal forcing across a nearshore reef system and implications for coral bleaching

Limnology and Oceanography

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1241-1255

  Falter, James L ^a   Zhang, Zhenlin ^a   Lowe, Ryan J ^a   McGregor, Frazer ^b   Keesing, John ^c   McCulloch, Malcolm T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORAL BLEACHING; CORAL REEF; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; HEAT FLUX; NEARSHORE ENVIRONMENT; SPATIAL VARIATION; TEMPERATURE PROFILE;

AUSTRALIA; NINGALOO REEF; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84902658050     PISSN: 00243590     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2014.59.4.1241     Document Type: Article

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