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Science 29 February 1980:
Vol. 207. no. 4434, pp. 983 - 985
DOI: 10.1126/science.207.4434.983
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Nutrient and Oxygen Redistribution During a Spring Neap Tidal Cycle in a Temperature Estuary

KENNETH L. WEBB 1 and CHRISTOPHER F. D'ELIA 2

1 Virginia Institute of Marine Science and School of Marine Science, College of William and Mary, Gloucester Point 23062
2 Chesapeake Biological Laboratory, Center for Environmental and Estuarine Studies, University of Maryland, Solomons 20688

Spring tidal currents produce homogeneous water columns in a number of estuaries that are moderately stratified during neap tides. In the York River estuary, this destratification redistributes ammonium and phosphate regenerated by the benthos as well as oxygen from the surface. This redistribution has significant implications for nutrient cycles, organism distributions, and the management of estuaries.

Submitted on August 31, 1979
Revised on November 8, 1979


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