Seasonality and physical control of water properties and sinking and suspended particles in Douglas Channel, British Columbia / S.C. Johannessen, C.A. Wright, and D.J. Spear.: Fs97-18/308E-PDF
Water properties and particles in Douglas Channel were characterized during four cruises (July 2013, April, July and October 2014), and with moored sensors and sediment traps (July 2013-June 2014.) An outflowing surface layer 10-30 m thick, driven by Kitimat and Kemano River discharge, overlay a mid-depth layer that exchanged with Hecate Strait. Deep-water renewal in June increased the concentration of oxygen by 1 mL/L to 3.5 mL/L. The surface layer was turbid (beam attenuation coefficient ≤6 m-1). The sinking particle flux at 50 m was 438 g m-2yr-1,and the organic carbon flux 37 gC m-2yr-1. Fluxes of particles and organic carbon peaked in late May, during the river freshet. The concentration of organic carbon in the sinking particles was highest in August and September (12-13%), except for a single peak in mid-November (22%).
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| Department/Agency | Canada. Department of Fisheries and Oceans. |
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| Title | Seasonality and physical control of water properties and sinking and suspended particles in Douglas Channel, British Columbia / S.C. Johannessen, C.A. Wright, and D.J. Spear. |
| Variant title | Saisonnalité et contrôle physique des propriétés de l'eau et des particules en suspension ou qui sombrent dans le chenal |
| Series title | Canadian technical report of hydrography and ocean sciences, 1488-5417 ; 308 |
| Publication type | Series - View Master Record |
| Language | [English] |
| Format | Electronic |
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| Other formats | Paper-[English] |
| Note(s) | Includes bibliographical references (p. 12-13). Issued also in printed form. Text in English, abstract in English and French. |
| Publishing information | Sidney, BC : Fisheries and Oceans Canada, 2015. |
| Author / Contributor | Johannessen, S. C. (Sophia C.), 1972- Wright, Cynthia. Spear, D. J. |
| Description | iv, 26 p. : graphs |
| ISBN | 978-0-660-02512-4 |
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| Subject terms | Hydrography |
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