Benthic enrichment in the Georgia Bight related to Gulf Stream intrusions and estuarine outwelling

Authors

R. B. Hanson, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, P.O. Box 13687, Savannah, Georgia, 31406, U.S.A.
K. R. Tenore, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, P.O. Box 13687, Savannah, Georgia, 31406, U.S.A.
S. Bishop, Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, P.O. Box 13687, Savannah, Georgia, 31406, U.S.A.
C. Chamberlain, Interstate Electronics, Ocean Science Division, 1001 E. Ball Road, Anaheim, California, 92803, U.S.A.
M. M. Pamatmat, Tiburon Center for Environmental Study, P.O. Box 855, Tiburon, California, 94920, U.S.A.
J. Tietjen, Department of Biology, City College of New York, New York, New York, 10031, U.S.A.

Abstract

The distribution patterns of benthic biomass (microbiota, meiofauna, and macrofauna) over the expansive continental shelf of the Georgia Bight suggest nutrient inputs from intrusions of deep Gulf Stream waters at the shelf break….

Recommended Citation

Hanson, R. B., K. R. Tenore, S. Bishop, C. Chamberlain, M. M. Pamatmat, and J. Tietjen. 1981. "Benthic enrichment in the Georgia Bight related to Gulf Stream intrusions and estuarine outwelling." Journal of Marine Research 39, (3). https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/journal_of_marine_research/1553