Institutional Archive of Ifremer (French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea) · 1982 · 37 citations · 0 references
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Natural SciencesMarine SciencesOceanographyEstuarine OceanographyEstuarine ScienceMarine BiogeochemistryEstuariesEstuarine MixingEstuarine Mixing ProcessesMixing In EstuariesParticulate MatterParticulate Organic MatterDissolved Inorganic Carbon DynamicsEstuarine Turbidity DynamicsMarine Particulate MatterOxygen Minimum Zone DynamicsParticle DynamicsParticulate Organic Carbon DynamicsParticulate Organic Matter CarbonTurbidity
Profiles of suspended particulate load and its organic and inorganic carbon contents as well as salinity, dissolved oxygen, ammonia and divalent manganese have been recorded throughout the mixing region of the Tamar Estuary,Southwest England, in late summer when there was pronounced net oxygen consumption. The results indicate that trapping of particulate organic detritus (of both riverine and marine origins) within the high turbidity zone contributes to the localisation and buffering of the seasonal oxygen demand exerted within the low salinity region of the estuary.