Return to search

Observations of small scale distributions of chlorophyll : and related physical parameters in British Columbia coastal waters

In the spring of 1973 continuous horizontal measurements were made of temperature, salinity, oxygen and chlorophyll a. in British Columbia coastal waters. The sampling procedure involved a towed pumping system and on-board instrumentation.
An effort is made to describe the distributions of the measured parameters with particular emphasis on the smaller scales, less than 250 m. To this end, techniques of power spectral analysis were utilized to examine the data.
Results show that there is variability in the nature of the distributions and that the relatedness of the parameters is not consistent, but that on average different experiments show similarities. It appears that to a large extent the distribution of chlorophyll a in an estuarine environment is related to physical transport processes. / Science, Faculty of / Physics and Astronomy, Department of / Graduate

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:UBC/oai:circle.library.ubc.ca:2429/19876
Date January 1976
CreatorsWiegand, Ronald Clive
Source SetsUniversity of British Columbia
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeText, Thesis/Dissertation
RightsFor non-commercial purposes only, such as research, private study and education. Additional conditions apply, see Terms of Use https://open.library.ubc.ca/terms_of_use.

Page generated in 0.0018 seconds