ISSN:
1573-5117
Keywords:
Estuarine mixing
;
salinity gradient
;
phytoplankton
;
primary production
;
community respiration
;
bacterial production
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Biology
Notes:
Abstract Primary production and decompositional processes weremeasured within the mixing gradient of lagoonal andcoastal water of the Pomeranian Bight duringsummer/autumn on four cruises between 1993 and 1995.Although different sampling strategies were applied,the results fitted well in a general pattern. Nearlyall measured variables (e.g. POC, chlorophyll a)appear to be conservatively mixed along the salinitygradient between 2 and 8 PSU which is typicalfor the southern Baltic area. That pattern is,however, not due to a conservative behaviour of thecomponents but to a balanced state of auto- andheterotrophic processes with a continuous, closelycoupled recycling of matter. This is particularlyevident in periods of nutrient limitation. Within themixing gradient, changes were restricted to structuralcomponents (species composition) whereas thefunctional equilibrium was maintained.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1003109302187
