Oceanic forcing of coral reefs

RJ Lowe, JL Falter - Annual review of marine science, 2015 - annualreviews.org
Although the oceans play a fundamental role in sha** the distribution and function of coral
reefs worldwide, a modern understanding of the complex interactions between ocean and …

[HTML][HTML] Recent research for pearl oyster aquaculture management in French Polynesia

S Andréfouët, L Charpy, A Lo-Yat, C Lo - Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2012 - Elsevier
The papers on Ahe Atoll (Fig. 1) compiled in this volume release fresh scientific information
relevant for a fairly specific human activity, currently developed mostly in the South Pacific …

Physical and biological controls on the carbonate chemistry of coral reef waters: effects of metabolism, wave forcing, sea level, and geomorphology

JL Falter, RJ Lowe, Z Zhang, M McCulloch - PloS one, 2013 - journals.plos.org
We present a three-dimensional hydrodynamic-biogeochemical model of a wave-driven
coral-reef lagoon system using the circulation model ROMS (Regional Ocean Modeling …

Hydrodynamic and atmospheric drivers create distinct thermal environments within a coral reef atoll

CM Grimaldi, RJ Lowe, JA Benthuysen, MVW Cuttler… - Coral Reefs, 2023 - Springer
Within coral reefs, different thermal environments can be found at locations separated by
less than 100 s of meters and can generate fine-scale patterns of thermal stress and …

Fine‐scale oceanographic drivers of reef manta ray (Mobula alfredi) visitation patterns at a feeding aggregation site

JL Harris, P Hosegood, E Robinson… - Ecology and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Globally, reef manta rays (Mobula alfredi) are in decline and are particularly vulnerable to
exploitation and disturbance at aggregation sites. Here, passive acoustic telemetry and a …

Atolls of the world: revisiting the original checklist

WM Goldberg - 2019 - smithsonian.figshare.com
There is only one published list of atolls of the world (Bryan, 1953) and it is the source of the
often-quoted figure that there are 425 or “more than 400” of them. However, the original …

Hydrodynamic drivers of fine‐scale connectivity within a coral reef atoll

CM Grimaldi, RJ Lowe, JA Benthuysen… - Limnology and …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
An accurate representation of physical and biological processes is crucial to resolve larval
dispersal pathways and characterize connectivity of coral reef ecosystems. We investigate …

A coupled wave-hydrodynamic model of an atoll with high friction: Mechanisms for flow, connectivity, and ecological implications

JS Rogers, SG Monismith, OB Fringer, DA Koweek… - Ocean Modelling, 2017 - Elsevier
We present a hydrodynamic analysis of an atoll system from modeling simulations using a
coupled wave and three-dimensional hydrodynamic model (COAWST) applied to Palmyra …

Effects of physical forcing on short-term plankton dynamics in a narrow coral reef lagoon (Ouano, New Caledonia): a two-week high-frequency study

M Rodier, M Pagano, L Lhomond… - Journal of Plankton …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
The response of plankton communities to short-term climatic events was studied in a narrow
coral reef lagoon representative of the channel-type lagoons of the high islands of the …

Hydrodynamics of a tidally forced coral reef atoll

RH Green, RJ Lowe, ML Buckley - Journal of Geophysical …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The hydrodynamics of a tidally forced semi‐enclosed coral reef atoll (North Scott) at the
edge of the continental shelf of northwestern Australia were investigated by combining field …