caa a22 4500 465792898 CHVBK 20180323112030.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170327e19900601xx s 000 0 eng 10.2307/1351583 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.2307/1351583 Salinity stratification in a river-dominated estuary [Elektronische Daten] [William Schroeder, Scott Dinnel, William Wiseman] Analysis of salinity data from Mobile Bay indicates that stratification-destratification events within this broad, shallow estuary are not uncommon. These events are related to the strength of the winds, through their influence on wave generation and subsequent bottom drag coefficient increases, and to the strength of river discharge. They do not appear to be due to the strength of tidal currents, as has been observed elsewhere. Furthermore, river flow appears to be the dominant control, the winds being important only in the absence of large freshwater discharges. The annual spring freshet can flush most of the salt from the bay. During other times of the year the relative strengths of river discharge and wind stress change the bay from highly stratified to nearly homogeneous and back on a variety of time scales ranging from daily to seasonal. Estuarine Research Federation, 1990 Schroeder William Marine Science Program, The University of Alabama, P.O. Box 369, 36528, Dauphin Island, Alabama aut Dinnel Scott Coastal Studies Institute, Louisiana State University, 70803, Baton Rouge, Louisiana aut Wiseman William Coastal Studies Institute and Department of Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State University, 70803, Baton Rouge, Louisiana aut Estuaries Springer-Verlag 13/2(1990-06-01), 145-154 0160-8347 13:2<145 1990 13 12237 https://doi.org/10.2307/1351583 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.2307/1351583 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Schroeder William Marine Science Program, The University of Alabama, P.O. Box 369, 36528, Dauphin Island, Alabama aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Dinnel Scott Coastal Studies Institute, Louisiana State University, 70803, Baton Rouge, Louisiana aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wiseman William Coastal Studies Institute and Department of Geology and Geophysics, Louisiana State University, 70803, Baton Rouge, Louisiana aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Estuaries Springer-Verlag 13/2(1990-06-01), 145-154 0160-8347 13:2<145 1990 13 12237 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer