Wave modelling as a proxy for seagrass ecological modelling: Comparing fetch and process-based predictions for a bay and reef lagoon

Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science

Volumn 153, Issue , 2015, Pages 108-120

  Callaghan, David P ^a   Leon, Javier X ^a,b   Saunders, Megan I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bays; Fetch; Habitat; Lagoons; Modelling; Wave propagation

Indexed keywords

BAY; BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT; COASTAL LAGOON; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GIS; SEAGRASS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; WAVE MODELING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

AUSTRALIA; CORAL SEA; GREAT BARRIER REEF; LIZARD ISLAND; MORETON BAY; QUEENSLAND;

SQUAMATA;

EID: 84920136721     PISSN: 02727714     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecss.2014.12.016     Document Type: Article

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