Coral record of harbour dredging: Townsville, Australia

Journal of Marine Systems

Volumn 52, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 51-64

  Esslemont, G ^a   Russell, R A ^b   Maher, W A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANBERRA   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

Coral; Environmental effects; Sediment chemistry; SIMS; Townsville; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; CORRELATION METHODS; DREDGING; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; SEDIMENTS; SOLAR RADIATION; STRONTIUM; THERMOMETERS; WIND EFFECTS;

BIOTA-SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION FACTOR (BSAF); PALEOTHERMOMETER; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE (SST);

PORTS AND HARBORS;

CORAL REEF; DREDGING; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; HARBOR; SEDIMENT CHEMISTRY; TRACE METAL;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; QUEENSLAND; TOWNSVILLE; WORLD;

ANTHOZOA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; POCILLOPORA; POCILLOPORA DAMICORNIS;

EID: 9244241557     PISSN: 09247963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmarsys.2004.01.005     Document Type: Article

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