Covariability of dissolved oxygen with physical processes in the summertime Chesapeake Bay 1990
- Published:
- January 1, 1990
- Originator:
- UMCES; Journal of Marine Research
Long, rapidly sampled time series measurements of dissolved oxygen, temperature, salinity, currents, winds, tides and isolation were collected during the summer of 1987 across mesohaline Chesapeake Bay. Anaalyses of the data show that short term variability of dissolved oxygen was both large and spatially heterogeneous. Time scales of variability ranted from longest period fluctuations resolved (several day) to the sampling interval (several minutes). Advectove varoabo;otu pf dossp;ved oxygen is implicated as an important characteristic of the majority of summertime benthic environments in the mesohaline Chesapeake Bay and lower reaches of adjoining tributaries.