Effect of freshets on Passamaquoddy plankton
Huntsman, A.G. (1955). Effect of freshets on Passamaquoddy plankton, in: Papers in Marine Biology and Oceanography. Dedicated to Henry Bryant Bigelow, By His Former Students and Associates on the occasion of The Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the Founding of The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 1955. Deep-Sea Research (1953), 3(Supplement): pp. 321-330 In: (1955). Papers in Marine Biology and Oceanography. Dedicated to Henry Bryant Bigelow, By His Former Students and Associates on the occasion of The Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the Founding of The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution 1955. Deep-Sea Research (1953), 3(Supplement). Pergamon Press: London & New York. 498 pp., more In: Deep-Sea Research (1953). Pergamon: Oxford; New York. ISSN 0146-6291; e-ISSN 1878-2485, more |   |
| Abstract | Sudden or heavy discharge into Passamaquoddy Bay, from streams at its head, works out through the 10-mile long Bay and through the S-mile long Head Harbour Passage, its main connection with the Bay of Fundy, in less than 10 days, as shown by the salinity of the water. Through the Bay, the outflow is more or less superficial and carries certain elements of the plankton out into the Passage. But, in the latter, strong tidal mixing prevents stratification, although the water is deeper. Under these circumstances, working of the freshet outward has a double effect, first a carrying out of the well-mixed plankton, and then an indraft of deep plankton from without. The latter provides an abundance of planktonic animals in the Passage at all depths. |
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