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Dispersal of the Suwannee River Plume Over the West Florida Shelf: Simulation and Observation of the Optical and Biochemical Consequences of a Flushing Event
Geophysical Research Letters
  • Jason K. Jolliff, University of South Florida
  • John J. Walsh, University of South Florida
  • Ruoying He, University of South Florida
  • Robert H. Weisberg, University of South Florida
  • Antoya Stovall-Leonard, University of South Florida
  • Paula G. Coble, University of South Florida
  • Robyn Conmy, University of South Florida
  • Cynthia A. Heil, University of South Florida
  • Bisman Nababan, University of South Florida
  • Haiying Zhang, University of South Florida
  • Chuanmin Hu, University of South Florida
  • Frank E. Muller-Karger, University of South Florida
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Article
Publication Date
7-1-2003
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1029/2003GL016964
Abstract

We have combined a circulation model with one of colored dissolved organic matter (CDOM) photolysis to describe the fate of terrestrial CDOM on the West Florida shelf (WFS). Our results for summer 1998 suggest that a near shore plume of CDOM became entrained in a coastal jet extending south from the Suwannee River (Big Bend) region of the WFS towards the Florida Keys-a feature also evident in satellite ocean color imagery. The coupled models suggest that photochemical losses of CDOM were significant, but provided only a minimal nitrogen source for phytoplankton growth on the WFS.

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Geophysical Research Letters, v. 30, issue 13, art. 42

Copyright 2003 by the American Geophysical Union.

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Jason K. Jolliff, John J. Walsh, Ruoying He, Robert H. Weisberg, et al.. "Dispersal of the Suwannee River Plume Over the West Florida Shelf: Simulation and Observation of the Optical and Biochemical Consequences of a Flushing Event" Geophysical Research Letters Vol. 30 Iss. 13 (2003)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/frank_muller-karger/37/