Restoring Water Quality in Greenwich Bay: A Whitepaper Series. Paper 1: An Assessment of Eutrophication in Greenwich Bay.

摘要

Our efforts as part of the Rhode Island Sea Grant Greenwich Bay Collaborative Study involved obtaining actual measurements of dissolved oxygen, temperature, and salinity at various depths throughout the bay during a complete annual cycle Temperature and salinity were included because they regulate how much oxygen can dissolve in the water and because the way in which they vary with depth reflects how well the water is mixed vertically. We also measured the amount of plant material growing in the bay and compared the various sources of nutrients (nitrogen, N, and phosphorus, P) that were stimulating and supporting the plant growth. An increase in the rate of growth of the plants is called eutrophication, a process that may have major impacts on the ecology of the bay.