Suspended matter and nutrient gradients of a small-scale river plume in Sepetiba Bay, SE-Brazil
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Resumo: | Coastal river plumes represent one of the final stages of material transport across the land-sea interface. Most studies, however have focused on the behavior of medium to large sized river plumes of coastal-shelf waters, whereas small sized river plumes acting within estuaries have been neglected. This study addressed the behavior of suspended particulate matter (SPM), dissolved inorganic nutrients (DIN, DIP and DSi) and Chlorophyll a (Chl. a) of a small sized river plume derived from the closely lain São Francisco and Guandú river channels, set in the Sepetiba Bay estuary, SE-Brazil. Two surface water sampling campaigns were conducted, one in January 2003 (humid summer conditions) and the other in June 2003 (dry winter conditions). On both occasions, the plumes dispersed in a SE direction towards the inner portion of the bay. The "wet" event plume was more turbid, nutrient rich and dispersed beyond nearshore waters, whereas the "dry" event plume proliferated as a narrow, less turbid and more nutrient poor film alongshore. Both exhibited a marked degree of patchiness, induced by the differential input of materials from the river sources and resuspension processes from the shallow nearshore bottom. The São Francisco river channel was the main source of freshwater, SPM and nutrients, except for ammonia (NH4+-N) derived from domestic effluents of the Guandú river. The mesohaline portion of the estuarine mixing zone of the plumes behaved as a slight source for SPM, DSi and DIP, due to bottom resuspension processes. N:P molar ratios ranged between 80:1 and 20:1 along the estuarine gradient, being higher in the summer than in the winter event, indicating that DIP was the potential nutrient limiting primary production. Chl. a concentrations increased at the outer premises of the plume, suggesting that the short residence times and turbidity of the plume waters, hampered primary production nearshore, particularly during the summer occasion. The small sized plume lacked the spatial decoupling between the estuarine mixing and turbidity zones, generally observed in larger sized coastal-shelf plumes. |
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Suspended matter and nutrient gradients of a small-scale river plume in Sepetiba Bay, SE-Brazilsuspended matternutrientsestuarine gradientsriver plumeSepetiba BaySE-BrazilCoastal river plumes represent one of the final stages of material transport across the land-sea interface. Most studies, however have focused on the behavior of medium to large sized river plumes of coastal-shelf waters, whereas small sized river plumes acting within estuaries have been neglected. This study addressed the behavior of suspended particulate matter (SPM), dissolved inorganic nutrients (DIN, DIP and DSi) and Chlorophyll a (Chl. a) of a small sized river plume derived from the closely lain São Francisco and Guandú river channels, set in the Sepetiba Bay estuary, SE-Brazil. Two surface water sampling campaigns were conducted, one in January 2003 (humid summer conditions) and the other in June 2003 (dry winter conditions). On both occasions, the plumes dispersed in a SE direction towards the inner portion of the bay. The "wet" event plume was more turbid, nutrient rich and dispersed beyond nearshore waters, whereas the "dry" event plume proliferated as a narrow, less turbid and more nutrient poor film alongshore. Both exhibited a marked degree of patchiness, induced by the differential input of materials from the river sources and resuspension processes from the shallow nearshore bottom. The São Francisco river channel was the main source of freshwater, SPM and nutrients, except for ammonia (NH4+-N) derived from domestic effluents of the Guandú river. The mesohaline portion of the estuarine mixing zone of the plumes behaved as a slight source for SPM, DSi and DIP, due to bottom resuspension processes. N:P molar ratios ranged between 80:1 and 20:1 along the estuarine gradient, being higher in the summer than in the winter event, indicating that DIP was the potential nutrient limiting primary production. Chl. a concentrations increased at the outer premises of the plume, suggesting that the short residence times and turbidity of the plume waters, hampered primary production nearshore, particularly during the summer occasion. The small sized plume lacked the spatial decoupling between the estuarine mixing and turbidity zones, generally observed in larger sized coastal-shelf plumes.Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná - Tecpar2009-04-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-89132009000200030Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology v.52 n.2 2009reponame:Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technologyinstname:Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar)instacron:TECPAR10.1590/S1516-89132009000200030info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessRodrigues,Raphael PaivaKnoppers,Bastiaan AdriaanSouza,Weber Friederichs Landim deSantos,Elisamara Sabadinieng2009-05-06T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S1516-89132009000200030Revistahttps://www.scielo.br/j/babt/https://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.phpbabt@tecpar.br||babt@tecpar.br1678-43241516-8913opendoar:2009-05-06T00:00Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology - Instituto de Tecnologia do Paraná (Tecpar)false |
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Suspended matter and nutrient gradients of a small-scale river plume in Sepetiba Bay, SE-Brazil |
title |
Suspended matter and nutrient gradients of a small-scale river plume in Sepetiba Bay, SE-Brazil |
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Suspended matter and nutrient gradients of a small-scale river plume in Sepetiba Bay, SE-Brazil Rodrigues,Raphael Paiva suspended matter nutrients estuarine gradients river plume Sepetiba Bay SE-Brazil |
title_short |
Suspended matter and nutrient gradients of a small-scale river plume in Sepetiba Bay, SE-Brazil |
title_full |
Suspended matter and nutrient gradients of a small-scale river plume in Sepetiba Bay, SE-Brazil |
title_fullStr |
Suspended matter and nutrient gradients of a small-scale river plume in Sepetiba Bay, SE-Brazil |
title_full_unstemmed |
Suspended matter and nutrient gradients of a small-scale river plume in Sepetiba Bay, SE-Brazil |
title_sort |
Suspended matter and nutrient gradients of a small-scale river plume in Sepetiba Bay, SE-Brazil |
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Rodrigues,Raphael Paiva |
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Rodrigues,Raphael Paiva Knoppers,Bastiaan Adriaan Souza,Weber Friederichs Landim de Santos,Elisamara Sabadini |
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author |
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Knoppers,Bastiaan Adriaan Souza,Weber Friederichs Landim de Santos,Elisamara Sabadini |
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Rodrigues,Raphael Paiva Knoppers,Bastiaan Adriaan Souza,Weber Friederichs Landim de Santos,Elisamara Sabadini |
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suspended matter nutrients estuarine gradients river plume Sepetiba Bay SE-Brazil |
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suspended matter nutrients estuarine gradients river plume Sepetiba Bay SE-Brazil |
description |
Coastal river plumes represent one of the final stages of material transport across the land-sea interface. Most studies, however have focused on the behavior of medium to large sized river plumes of coastal-shelf waters, whereas small sized river plumes acting within estuaries have been neglected. This study addressed the behavior of suspended particulate matter (SPM), dissolved inorganic nutrients (DIN, DIP and DSi) and Chlorophyll a (Chl. a) of a small sized river plume derived from the closely lain São Francisco and Guandú river channels, set in the Sepetiba Bay estuary, SE-Brazil. Two surface water sampling campaigns were conducted, one in January 2003 (humid summer conditions) and the other in June 2003 (dry winter conditions). On both occasions, the plumes dispersed in a SE direction towards the inner portion of the bay. The "wet" event plume was more turbid, nutrient rich and dispersed beyond nearshore waters, whereas the "dry" event plume proliferated as a narrow, less turbid and more nutrient poor film alongshore. Both exhibited a marked degree of patchiness, induced by the differential input of materials from the river sources and resuspension processes from the shallow nearshore bottom. The São Francisco river channel was the main source of freshwater, SPM and nutrients, except for ammonia (NH4+-N) derived from domestic effluents of the Guandú river. The mesohaline portion of the estuarine mixing zone of the plumes behaved as a slight source for SPM, DSi and DIP, due to bottom resuspension processes. N:P molar ratios ranged between 80:1 and 20:1 along the estuarine gradient, being higher in the summer than in the winter event, indicating that DIP was the potential nutrient limiting primary production. Chl. a concentrations increased at the outer premises of the plume, suggesting that the short residence times and turbidity of the plume waters, hampered primary production nearshore, particularly during the summer occasion. The small sized plume lacked the spatial decoupling between the estuarine mixing and turbidity zones, generally observed in larger sized coastal-shelf plumes. |
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