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The distribution of primary production relative to a cyclonic gyre in Baie des Chaleurs

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Primary production within the Baie des Chaleurs, Canada, is dominated by a cyclonic gyre system. The pattern of production fits the theoretical expectation of increased productivity associated with colder, nutrient-rich water being brought closer to the surface within the gyre. Upper reaches of the bay, west of the gyre, follow a normal esturine form of circulation with lower rates of production. East of the gyre, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, primary production is less.

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  1. Institute of Oceanography, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

    L. Legendre & W. D. Watt

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Communicated by G. L. Voss, Miami and T. R. Parsons, Nanaimo

Travaux sur les Pêcheries du Québec, no. 30, Direction des Pêcheries, Ministère de l'Industrie et du Commerce du Québec.

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Legendre, L., Watt, W.D. The distribution of primary production relative to a cyclonic gyre in Baie des Chaleurs. Marine Biology 7, 167–170 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00354922

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