River discharge controls phytoplankton dynamics in the northern San Francisco Bay estuary

Cloern, James E.; Alpine, Andrea E.; Cole, Brian E.; Wong, Raymond L. J.; Arthur, James F.; Ball, Melvin D.

doi:10.1016/0272-7714(83)90103-8

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“…In some cases the changes in nutrient concentrations or cycling may increase growth rates and quality of phytoplankton as food for herbivores (Prins et al 1998). Increasing nutrient concentrations are less likely to stimulate phytoplankton growth in the northern San Francisco estuary because nutrients, particularly DSi, are rarely limiting (Cloern et al 1983).…”

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Long‐term changes in apparent uptake of silica in the San Francisco estuary

Kimmerer

2005

Limnology & Oceanography

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Long‐term changes in apparent uptake of silica in the San Francisco estuary

Kimmerer

2005

Limnology & Oceanography

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“…In turbid waters, observations by microscopy Estuaries and coastal waters are subjected to numerrevealed that small cells were frequently attached to ous influences which include: water mass mixing, tidal particulate detritus, as it has been reported in other and wind-induced currents, and bottom topography. estuaries (Cloern et al 1983). This was confirmed by…”

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“…Despite the importance of primary productivity in the transformation of dissolved elements, phytoplankton has been little studied in estuaries of large rivers (Amazon : Cadee 1975, Milliman & Boyle 1975, DeMaster et al 1986Zaire: Cadee 1978, Cadee 1984 in comparison to medum-sized estuaries (e.g. Kroon 1971, Cadee & Hegeman 1974, Malone 1977, Joint & Pomroy 1981, Cloern et al 1983, Colijn & Ludden 1983, 1985, Harding et al 1986, Pennock & Sharp 1986, where it has been demonstrated that light penetration is the main control for photosynthetic productivity (Cole & Cloern 1987). One fundamental question is whether the same control acts in large rivers.…”

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Standing stock and production of phytoplankton in the estuary of the Chang-jiang (Yangste River) and the adjacent East China Sea

Ning¹,

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et al. 1988

Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser.

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We determined cell density and dominant species of eukaryotic phytoplankton, chlorophyll concentration and primary production in the Changjiang estuary and dilution zone in January and July 1986. In winter, phytoplankton was dominated by small cells (< 10 pm), closely associated to particulate matter. In summer, the most striking feature of chlorophyll and primary production distributions was the presence of sharp maxima localized about 100 km offshore at salinities between 25 and 30 960 and related to diatom populations. The critical factor responsible for these maxima was the increased light avadability following sedimentation of the particulate matter oriqnating from the river, as observed in front of other major world rivers such as the Zaire and the Amazon. This photosynthetic activity resulted in high oxygen concentrations and phosphate depletion in the surface layer. In both seasons, in situ area1 productivity and light availability were related by a simple empirical relationship similar to that established for other medium-sized estuaries.

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“…Both studies emphasized the large proportion and long survival of diatoms in rivers compared with lakes. Moreover, other algae such as flagellates (Cloern et al, 1983;De Oliveira and Calheiros, 2000;Gómez et al, 2004), filamentous cyanobacteria (Köhler and Hoeg, 2000), non-diatoms that indicate altered conditions (Mihaljević et al, 2013), are also important. The composition and persistence of potamoplankton assemblages in riverine ecosystems mainly depend on physical (light, water temperature, and turbidity) and hydrological factors (discharge, flow velocity, water level, suspended sediment concentration and water residence time) (Köhler, 1993;Gosselain et al, 1994;Kirk, 1994;Reynolds et al, 1994;Reynolds and Descy, 1996;Train and Rodrigues, 1997;Centis et al, 2010;Salmaso and Zignin, 2010), and resolved silicate concentration (Dortch and Whitledge, 1992;Tavernini et al, 2011).…”

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