The Influence of Riverine Inputs and Nutrients on Plankton Abundance and Composition in the Pacific Northwest: The Importance of Silicate as a Limiting Nutrient

dc.contributor.author	Crawford, Ivy
dc.date.accessioned	2022-12-19T18:42:17Z
dc.date.available	2022-12-19T18:42:17Z
dc.date.issued	2022-12-15
dc.description.abstract	Silicate levels are important for many types of plankton; Diatoms, radiolarians, and silicoflagellates use the silicate to create shells and are the only species which fix silica. Silicate availability in the San Juan Channel has been changing from 2005 to 2022. Silica levels are heavily influenced by the Fraser River output. Silicate and phosphate have been decreasing. Nitrate has been increasing. Silicate: Nitrogen ratio has been decreasing but has not dropped below the 1:1 threshold to become silicate limited. Silicate levels are stable and a change in the plankton community is not expected due to the decrease in silicate.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1773/49494
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.subject	nutrients	en_US
dc.subject	ocean	en_US
dc.subject	silicate	en_US
dc.subject	diatoms	en_US
dc.subject	radiolarians	en_US
dc.subject	ilicoflagellates	en_US
dc.subject	silica	en_US
dc.subject	nitrogen	en_US
dc.subject	plankton	en_US
dc.subject	fraser	en_US
dc.subject	san juan	en_US
dc.subject	salish sea	en_US
dc.title	The Influence of Riverine Inputs and Nutrients on Plankton Abundance and Composition in the Pacific Northwest: The Importance of Silicate as a Limiting Nutrient	en_US
dc.type	Other	en_US

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