Freshwater, remote sensing

Figure 11.9 Spatial relationships between the phytoplanton biomass, as chlorophyll a, and estuarine freshwater discharge conditions in the Albemarle-Pamlico Sound estuarine system North Carolina, USA. Surface water chorophyll a concentrations were estimated using an aircraft-based SeaWiFS remote sensing system (Harding and Perry, 1997), calibrated by field samples that were analyzed fluorimetrically (Paerl et al., 1995). Under relatively low flow and long residence time conditions, phytoplankton biomass is concentrated in the upstream reaches of the estuarine tributaries. Under moderate flow, phytoplankton biomass maxima extend further downstream. Under high flow (i.e., short estuarine residence time) phytoplankton biomass maxima are shifted further downstream into the open Pamlico Sound.

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