Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Articles 1 - 2 of 2
Full-Text Articles in Life Sciences
Bacterial Consumption Of Doc During Transport Through A Temperate Estuary, Pa Raymond, Je Bauer
Bacterial Consumption Of Doc During Transport Through A Temperate Estuary, Pa Raymond, Je Bauer
VIMS Articles
Bacterial utilization of natural levels of dissolved organic carbon (DOC) was measured in the York River estuary, a sub-estuary of the Chesapeake Bay. This study was undertaken in order to elucidate spatial and temporal changes in bacterial carbon utilization and to evaluate its importance as a pathway for organic matter transformation in estuaries. Multiple pools of DOC were defined based on decomposition kinetics. The first pool (G(1)) made up a mean of 2.8% of total DOC and had turnover times of less than or equal to 5 d. The second pool (G(2)) comprised an average of 4.9% of total DOC …
Demonstration Of The Onshore Transport Of Larval Invertebrates By The Shoreward Movement Of An Upwelling Front, Al Shanks, J Largier, L Brink, J Brubaker, R Hooff
Demonstration Of The Onshore Transport Of Larval Invertebrates By The Shoreward Movement Of An Upwelling Front, Al Shanks, J Largier, L Brink, J Brubaker, R Hooff
VIMS Articles
Upwelling winds off North Carolina set up upwelling fronts. As the wind forcing relaxed following such a coastal upwelling event, we observed the upwelling front move onshore. The low-density surface water moved shoreward over the upwelled water, forming a convergence zone at the-front. This shoreward-moving front concentrated and transported larvae. Larval sergestid shrimp, spionid polychaete larvae, and the veligers of Odostomia sp. and Bittium sp, were concentrated on the seaward side of the moving convergence. Blue crab megalopae were concentrated at the surface immediately seaward of the front. These data demonstrate that a relaxing upwelling front can transport high concentrations …