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Estimation of planktonic wind drift by transmissometry 1

Author(s) -

Baker Alan L.,

Baker Kathleen Kromer

Publication year - 1976

Publication title -

limnology and oceanography

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.7

H-Index - 197

eISSN - 1939-5590

pISSN - 0024-3590

DOI - 10.4319/lo.1976.21.3.0447

Subject(s) - transect , phytoplankton , bay , oceanography , plankton , environmental science , chlorophyll a , wind speed , bloom , algae , geology , atmospheric sciences , nutrient , ecology , biology , botany

Halsted Bay (Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota) was surveyed with a transmissometer. Continuous surface transects and depth profiles revealed a pattern of distribution of phytoplankton that can best be described as wind drift. The relative composition of the phytoplankton, as well as its concentration, was modified by wind: blue‐green algae drifted downwind, while all other groups remained uniformly distributed. Regression analysis showed a linear relationship of alpha (beam attenuation coefficient) with total cell volume, chlorophyll a concentration, and dry weight of suspended particles.

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