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Estuarine Flow in the South Basin of Puget Sound and its Effects on Near-Bottom Dissolved Oxygen

 
Publication number Date Published
07-03-033October 2007
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Author(s) Albertson, S.L, J. Bos, G. Pelletier, and M. Roberts
Description South Puget Sound is a complex interconnected system of straits, open reaches, and fjord-like bays. Low near-bottom dissolved oxygen (DO) is observed in some years at the north end of Case Inlet. Sub-tidal flow patterns around Harstine Island can partially explain this variability in DO. This residual flow alternates between an H pattern with circulation splitting around Harstine Island, and a surface clockwise O pattern with flow mostly out through Pickering Passage. We deployed two current meters in Dana and Pickering Passages for several months and conclude that the residual flow pattern is controlled by variations in the wind.

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Keywords flow, river, water, Puget Sound, dissolved oxygen, estuarine
WATERSHED Water Resource Inventory Areas
(WRIA 13,WRIA 14,WRIA PS)
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