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A Structural Analysis Of Phytoplankton In The Chesapeake Bay Plume And Adjacent Shelf Waters, Charles K. Rutledge
A Structural Analysis Of Phytoplankton In The Chesapeake Bay Plume And Adjacent Shelf Waters, Charles K. Rutledge
Biological Sciences Theses & Dissertations
Community structures of phytoplankton populations from the southern portion of the Chesapeake Bight were examined and associated to real and environmental spaces. The sampling design was specifically intended to examine the small scale three dimensional structure of the Chesapeake Bay plume as characterized by its phytoplankton populations. The phytoplankton were sampled at 101 stations, non-synoptically, over a five day period in mid-June, 1980.
Several multivariate numerical techniques were used to determine the relationships between the phytoplankton species distributions and pattern the low salinity plume distribution. A pattern of distribution which approximated the salinity plume resulted from several clustering procedures. Environmental …