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Biogeochemical characteristics of the lower Mississippi River, USA, during June 2003 |
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| Authors: | M J Dagg T S Bianchi G A Breed W -J Cai S Duan H Liu B A McKee R T Powell C M Stewart |
| Institution: | 1. Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium, 8124 Highway 56, 70344, Chauvin, Louisiana 2. Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Tulane University, 70118, New Orleans, Louisiana 4. Department of Marine Sciences, University of Georgia, 30602-3636, Athens, Georgia |
| Abstract: | During June 2003, a period of mid level discharge (17,400 m−3 s−1), a parcel of water in the lower Mississippi River was sampled every 2 h during its 4-d transit from river km 362 near Baton Rouge to km 0 at Head of Passes, Louisiana, United States. Properties measured at the surface during each of the 48 stations were temperature, salinity, dissolved organic carbon (DOC), total dissolved nitrogen, dissolved macronutrients (NO3+NO2, PO4, Si(OH)4), chlorophylla (chla; three size fractions: < 5 μm, 5–20 μm, and > 20 μm) pigment composition by HPLC, total suspended matter (TSM), particulate organic carbon (POC), and particulate nitrogen (PN). Air-water CO2 flux was calculated from surface water dissolved inorganic carbon and pH. During the 4 d transit, large particles appeared to be settling out of the surface water. Concentrations of chla containing particles > 20 μm declined 37%, TSM declined 43%, POC declined 42% and PN declined 57%. Concentrations of the smaller chla containing particles did not change suggesting only large particulate materials were settling. There was no measurable loss of dissolved NO3, PO4, or Si(OH)4, consistent with the observation that chla did not increase during the 4-d transit. DOC declined slightly (3%). These data indicate there was little autotrophic or heterotrophic activity in the lower Mississippi River at this time, but the system was slightly net heterotrophic. |
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