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Water circulation around reefs in a region of high reef density on the Great Barrier Reef
From January to March 1994, vector-averaging Aanderaa and InterOcean S4 current meters were deployed at four locations along a cross-shelf transect between Bowden Reef and Darley Reef and a fifth current meter was deployed in a gully through the reef crest at Darley Reef. A tide gauge was also deployed in shallow waters at Old Reef. CTD data were collected at each mooring on deployment and on recovery. All current meters and the tide gauge recorded 30 minute averaged data.A series of models were used to calculate currents, predict the trajectories of water born-tracers and calculate tidally-predicted currents. Results from the field and the model were visualised using IBM's Data Explorer.
This research was initiated to collect field data to enable modelling of the circulation of water around reefs in a region of high reef density.
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- Date (Revision)
- 2024-10-17T00:00:00
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- AIMS Web Site
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- AIMS Web Site
- Credit
- Wolanski, Eric J, Dr (Principal Investigator)
- Credit
- Spagnol, Simon B, Mr (Custodian)
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- Completed
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- 1994-01-01
- Time position
- 1994-03-31
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- Not planned
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- English
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- Physical measurement
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Topographic steering by coral reef assemblages. Chapter 14: Spagnol SB, Wolanski EJ and Deleersnijder E (2001) Topographic steering by coral reef assemblages. Chapter 14. pp. 231-236. In: Wolanski EJ (ed) Oceanographic Processes of Coral Reefs: Physical and Biological Links in the Great Barrier Reef. CRC Press. 356 p.
Topographic steering by coral reef assemblages. Chapter 14: Spagnol SB, Wolanski EJ and Deleersnijder E (2001) Topographic steering by coral reef assemblages. Chapter 14. pp. 231-236. In: Wolanski EJ (ed) Oceanographic Processes of Coral Reefs: Physical and Biological Links in the Great Barrier Reef. CRC Press. 356 p.
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Sticky waters in the Great Barrier Reef: Wolanski EJ and Spagnol SB (2000) Sticky waters in the Great Barrier Reef. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 50: 27-32.
Sticky waters in the Great Barrier Reef: Wolanski EJ and Spagnol SB (2000) Sticky waters in the Great Barrier Reef. Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science 50: 27-32.
Resource lineage
- Statement
- Statement: Currents in the region were calculated using a depth-averaged 2-D model described in:King B, Wolanski E (1996) Tidal current variability in the central Great Barrier Reef. Journal of Marine Systems 9, 187-202.The trajectories of water-born tracers were predicted using the Lagrangian advection-diffusion model described in:Oliver J, King B, Willis B, Babcock R, Wolanski E (1992) Dispersal of coral larvae from a coral reef. Comparison between model predictions and observed concentrations. Continental Shelf Research 12, 873-891.Tidally predicted currents were calculated from field data using tidal harmonic analysis.Results from the field and the model were visualised using the IBM Data Explorer described in:Galloway D, Collins P, Wolanski E, King B, Doherty P (1995) Visualisation of oceanographic and fisheries biology data for scientists and managers. IBM Communique 3, 1-3.
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- d94292b3-c8b3-4600-9441-26004a205c0b
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- English
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- UTF8
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- Date info (Creation)
- 2011-02-23T00:00:00
- Date info (Revision)
- 2017-11-20T00:00:00
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- ISO 19115-3:2018
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