Open AccessObservations of presumable groundwater seepage occurrence in Puck Bay (the Baltic Sea)
Author(s) -
Maciej Matciak,
Sylwia Bieleninik,
Aleksandra Botur,
Michał Podgórski,
Karolina Trzcińska,
Katarzyna Dragańska,
Damian Jaśniewicz,
Anna Kurszewska,
Marta Wenta
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
oceanological and hydrobiological studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.271
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1897-3191
pISSN - 1730-413X
DOI - 10.1515/ohs-2015-0025
Subject(s) - bay , seawater , submarine groundwater discharge , oceanography , groundwater , baltic sea , environmental science , estuary , water column , geology , aquifer , geotechnical engineering
We report the results of recent field measurements of seawater thermohaline structure and transparency carried out in early summer 2014 in Puck Bay. Near-bottom, less saline waters occurred almost in the entire study area. Their occurrence in the shallow part of Puck Bay was accompanied by an increase in the seawater transparency. The most likely explanation of these observations is a submarine fresh groundwater discharge.