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LIMNOLOGY AND OCEANOGRAPHY
卷 57, 期 6, 页码 1673-1688出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.4319/lo.2012.57.6.1673
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- California Sea Grant
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- California Coastal Conservancy
- National Science Foundation
- Office of Naval Research
- National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration's National Sea Grant College Program, U.S. Dept. of Commerce
- California Sea Grant College Program Project [R/CZ-196]
Three distinct phytoplankton blooms lasting 4-9 d were observed in approximately 15-m water depth near Huntington Beach, California, between June and October of 2006. Each bloom was preceded by a vertical NO3 flux event 6-10 d earlier. NO3 concentrations were estimated using a temperature proxy that was verified by comparison with the limited NO3 observations. The lower-water-column vertical NO3 flux from vertical advection was inferred from observed vertical isotherm displacement. Turbulent vertical eddy diffusivity was parameterized based on the observed background (< 0.3 cycles h(-1)) stratification and vertical shear in the horizontal currents. The first vertical nitrate flux event in June contained both advective and turbulent fluxes, whereas the later two events were primarily turbulent, driven by shear in the lower part of the water column. The correlation between the NO3 flux and the observed chlorophyll a (Chl a) was maximum (r(2) = 0.40) with an 8-d lag. A simple nitrate-phytoplankton model using a linear uptake function and driven with the NO3 flux captured the timing, magnitude, and duration of the three Chl a blooms (skill = 0.61) using optimal net growth rate parameters that were within the expected range. Vertical and horizontal advection of Chl a past the measurement site were too small to explain the observed Chl a increases during the blooms. The vertical NO3 flux was a primary control on the growth events, and estimation of both the advective (upwelled) and turbulent fluxes is necessary to best predict these episodic blooms.
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