DAY-NIGHT REVERSION IN THE HORIZONTAL DISTRIBUTIONS OF DISSOLVED OXYGEN CONTENT AND PH IN A SARGASSUM FOREST
DAY-NIGHT REVERSION IN THE HORIZONTAL DISTRIBUTIONS OF DISSOLVED OXYGEN CONTENT AND PH IN A SARGASSUM FOREST
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10.1007/bf02108884
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1989-01-01
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KOMATSU T
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KOMATSU T
This paper examines the influence of a Sargassum forest on distributions of illuminance, dissolved oxygen content and pH in a small cove facing Wakasa Bay. Spatial distributions of illuminance, dissolved oxygen content, water density and pH were observed for June 1982 during the season of luxuriant seaweed growth, and for August 1982 during the season of little growth. Observations of dissoved oxygen content, water density and pH were made during the day and at night. The values of illuminance at the sea surface were decreased to less than 40% inside the Sargassum forest when the sun was highest in the sky during the season of luxuriant growth. Density stratification occurred during every observation. Disolved oxygen content and pH showed similar patterns of spatial distribution. Their horizontal distributions reversed from day to night, and consisted of two types: (1) higher values inshore and higher values offshore in the upper layer during the day with (2) lower values inshore and higher values shore at night. Distributions of illuminance about noon, and dissolved oxygen content and pH at night showed patterns corresponding to the vertical distribution of algal density of the Sargassum forest. Dissolved oxygen was supersaturated at every observation point during the daytime, but at night it was undersaturated in the lower part of the forest or along the bottom in June and August, respectively. Processes that brought about these spatial distributions are discussed.