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Questions: What is the along-estuary spatial variability in physical, biological and chemical properties (temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, pCO2) and what are the driving forces that create these variations?
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Questions: • What is the along-estuary spatial variability in physical, biological and chemical properties (temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, pCO2) and what are the driving forces that create these variations? • Describe the time dependence in physical properties (temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen) and explain what forces these.
R/V Elakhaunderway flow-through Conductivity-Temperature (C-T)
Oregon Shelf Conditions 17 – 20 Aug 2013 cold, salty, low oxygen water over the shelf high chlorophyll, high backscatter near coast
Questions: • What is the along-estuary spatial variability in physical, biological and chemical properties (temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, pCO2) and what are the driving forces that create these variations? • Describe the time dependence in physical properties (temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen) and explain what forces these. • Ecosystem-related questions • What role does the coastal ocean play in estuarine DO dynamics? • What environmental factors are contributing to DO changes? • Are the observed changes at the two stations being driven by biology or physical processes? • Generate plots of TCO2, alkalinity, nutrients, pCO2, pH, omega versus salinity and discuss departures from conservative mixing predictions