The distribution of primary production relative to a cyclonic gyre in Baie des Chaleurs

✍ Scribed by L. Legendre; W. D. Watt

• Book ID: 104737226
• Publisher: Springer-Verlag
• Year: 1970
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 378 KB
• Volume: 7
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0025-3162
• DOI: 10.1007/bf00354922

✦ Synopsis

Primary production within the Baie des Chaleurs, Canada, is dominated by a cyclonic gyre system. The pattern of production fits the theoretical expectation of increased productivity associated with colder, nutrient-rich water being brought closer to the surface within the gyre. Upper reaches of the bay, west of the gyre, follow a normal estuarine form of circulation with lower rates of production. East of the gyre, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, primary production is less.