Sea-water seasonal changes at a heavy tourism investment site on the Jordanian northern coast of the Gulf of Aqaba, Red Sea
| Autor: | Mohammad Rasheed, Riyad Manasrah, Mohammad I. Badran |
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| Rok vydání: | 2006 |
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Chlorophyll a
Ecology Stratification (water) Seasonality medicine.disease Salinity chemistry.chemical_compound Nutrient Oceanography chemistry Convective mixing medicine General Earth and Planetary Sciences Environmental science Seawater Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Tourism General Environmental Science |
| Zdroj: | Chemistry and Ecology. 22:425-435 |
| ISSN: | 1029-0370 0275-7540 |
| DOI: | 10.1080/02757540600917344 |
| Popis: | The Gulf of Aqaba exhibits a strong seasonality due to convective mixing during winter and stratification during summer. The present study provides a detailed appraisal of summer and winter sea-water characteristics at the northern coast of the Gulf of Aqaba, that is witnessing rapid development and increasing changes in its geomorphological characteristics. Sea-water temperature, salinity, nutrients, and chlorophyll a concentrations were measured biweekly at five coastal and four cross-sectional stations during the periods February to April and July to September 2004. Meteorological conditions were continuously recorded at the Marine Science Station. The coastal study sites included four open coastal stations and a marina with one-way exchange with the open water. The effect of convective mixing was clearly apparent on the sea-water characteristics. Natural seasonal characteristics of higher nutrients and chlorophyll a concentrations were recorded during winter at most of the open coastal stations. In th... |
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