Hydrodynamic response of a fringing coral reef to a rise in mean sea level

Ocean Dynamics

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 975-987

  Taebi, Soheila ^a   Pattiaratchi, Charitha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fringing coral reef; Hydrodynamic and transport modelling; Mean sea level rise

Indexed keywords

HYDRODYNAMICS; LAKES; SEA LEVEL; WAVE POWER;

CIRCULATION MODELS; CORAL REEF; HYDRODYNAMIC FIELD; HYDRODYNAMIC RESPONSE; LAGRANGIAN PARTICLE-TRACKING MODEL; NEARSHORE PROCESS; SEA LEVEL RISE; TRANSPORT MODELLING;

REEFS;

CORAL REEF; FLUSHING; HYDRODYNAMICS; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; NEARSHORE DYNAMICS; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WAVE BREAKING; WAVE SETUP;

AUSTRALIA; NINGALOO REEF; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

ANTHOZOA;

EID: 84904258423     PISSN: 16167341     EISSN: 16167228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10236-014-0734-5     Document Type: Article

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