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Simulation model for wind-driven summer phytoplankton dynamics in Auke Bay, Alaska

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A model was developed for use in simulating effects of short-term wind-mixing of the water column on estuarine phytoplankton dynamics. Simulation results, using parameter values estimated from field data, exhibited maxima observed in phytoplankton standing crop over a summer in Auke Bay, Alaska. Short-term wind-mixing of the water column can be important in determining the time of occurrence of phytoplankton community productivity pulses in deep estuaries.

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  1. Department of Oceanography, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA

    R. L. Iverson

  2. School of Oceanography, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA

    H. C. Curl Jr.

  3. Department of Electrical Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon, USA

    J. L. Saugen

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Iverson, R.L., Curl, H.C. & Saugen, J.L. Simulation model for wind-driven summer phytoplankton dynamics in Auke Bay, Alaska. Mar. Biol. 28, 169–177 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00387294

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