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The Influence of Water Column Metabolism on Hypoxia in Narragansett Bay Leslie M. Smith & Candace A. Oviatt Narragansett Bay Commission Symposium: A Day on the Upper Bay: Current Monitoring, Research, Source Reduction Progress and Future Challenges June 16, 2011

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The Influence of Water Column Metabolism on Hypoxia in Narragansett Bay

Leslie M. Smith & Candace A. Oviatt

Narragansett Bay Commission Symposium:A Day on the Upper Bay: Current Monitoring, Research, Source Reduction 

Progress and Future Challenges

June 16, 2011

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“Birth of a dead zone”LA Times series “Altered Oceans” Weiss, K.R. and U.L. McFarling, 2006

Sequence of Hypoxia

Why is Metabolism Important?Primary Production

Respiration

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Water Collection and Filtering

Dark Storageof Carboys

Light MeterProfiles

YSI Profiles

Buoy DataCollection

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Bottom Oxygen Variation

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Why are some stations more susceptible to hypoxia than others?

Examine Summer 2009

Key Trends:1. No hypoxia in 20072. Several short events in 20083. 1 large hypoxic event in 20094. No hypoxia in QP & SF

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High Stratification

Excess Organic Matter

Low Respiration

Providence River

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O2 O2

Stratification  Respiration  Hypoxia

Providence River Hypoxia

River flow 

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Low Stratification

Upper BayHigh Respiration

Low Production

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Advection of Organic Matter Respiration  Hypoxia

Upper Bay Hypoxia

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Low Stratification

Mid BayLow Respiration

Low ProductionGreenwich Bay

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Advection of Hypoxic Water  Hypoxia

Mid Bay Hypoxia

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Low Stratification

Lower BayLow Respiration

Low ProductionNo Hypoxia

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Summary

• Providence River has high Production and low Respiration; Stratification controls Hypoxia

• Upper Bay Hypoxia controlled by Advection of organic matter from Providence River yielding elevated Respiration

• Mid Bay receives Hypoxic water from Greenwich Bay and the Upper Bay

• Lower Bay has low Stratification, low Respiration, low Production, low influence of Advection: No Hypoxia

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Historical Production

No change in summer production rates over the last decade

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Advection

Excess ProductionLow Respiration

Low ProductionExcess Respiration

Excess Organic Matter

Advection of Low Oxygen

Water

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AcknowledgementsField/Laboratory Work• Matt Schult• Katie Coupland• Celine Silver• Taylor Crockford• Hannah Williams• Felicia Olmeta• Jason Krumholz• Brooke Longval• Chris Calabretta• Philip Veillette

Modeling Help• Chris Melrose• Kimberly Hyde• Matt Horn• Georges Dossot• Alex Crosby

Buoys• Heather Stoffel• Taylor Crockford• Edwin Requintina• Katie Coupland• Dan Newman

Other CHRP Researchers• Jamie Vaudrey• Jim Kremer• Mark Brush• Dan Codiga• Justin Rogers

DEM Support• Sue Kiernan• Angelo Liberti

NOAA Support• Libby Jewett

NSF IGERT grant #0504103 

NOAA CHRP grant NAO5NOS4781201 

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