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Water Dynamics and Structure in the Estuary of the Partizanskaya River (Nakhodka Bay, Sea of Japan)

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Field studies of the seasonal and daily dynamics of the mixing zone were carried out in the microtidal estuary of the Partizanskaya River. The position of the mixing zone was determined by river runoff volume. The upstream boundary of the mixing zone was located at a distance from 5 (at river discharge of 73.67 m3/s) to 12.5 km (at 7.7 m3/s) from the mouth bar. The estuary features a two-layer water circulation, resulting in the formation of halocline with a gradient of water salinity of up to 30‰ per 1 m. Salinity variations at rifts, caused by tides, reach 27‰ over a 3-hour period.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

This study was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project nos. 11-05-00241-a, 11-05-98543-r_vostok-a, 14-05-31127 mol_a, 16-05-00166-a.

The authors are grateful to A.A. Voronin, V.A. Bannov, I.I. Gorin (Pacific Oceanological Institute, Far East Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences) and A.M. Koltunov (Institute of Marine Biology, Far East Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences) for their help in the preparation and servicing of measurement instruments; K.I. Aksentov, A.A. Kos’yanenko, and V.I. Stepanova (Pacific Oceanological Institute, Far East Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences) for their help in field studies.

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  1. Il’ichev Pacific Oceanological Institute, Far East Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 690041, Vladivostok, Russia

    P. Yu. Semkin, P. Ya. Tishchenko, V. B. Lobanov, A. F. Sergeev, Yu. A. Barabanshchikov, T. A. Mikhailik, G. Yu. Pavlova, E. M. Shkirnikova, P. P. Tishchenko & T. L. Chizhova

  2. Southern Division, Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, 353470, Gelendzhik, Russia

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Semkin, P.Y., Tishchenko, P.Y., Lobanov, V.B. et al. Water Dynamics and Structure in the Estuary of the Partizanskaya River (Nakhodka Bay, Sea of Japan). Water Resour 46, 29–38 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0097807819010135

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