Moderate effect of damming the Romaine River (Quebec, Canada) on coastal plankton dynamics

• Published in: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
• Main Authors: Senneville, Simon, Schloss, Irene Ruth, St-Onge Drouin, Simon, Bélanger, Simon, Winkler, Gesche, Dumont, Dany, Johnston, Patricia, St-Onge, Isabelle
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Academic Press Ltd - Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: BIOPHYSICAL MODELLING; CANADA; LIGHT ATTENUATION; MINGAN ARCHIPELAGO; PLANKTON; QUÉBEC; RIVER DAMMING; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.7; https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1; Austral; Canada; Argentino; Argentina; Bélanger; Dirección Nacional del Antártico; Instituto Antártico Argentino; Tierra del Fuego
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11336/86742

Rivers’ damming disrupts the seasonal cycle of freshwater and nutrient inputs into the marine system, which can lead to changes in coastal plankton dynamics. Here we use a 3-D 5-km resolution coupled biophysical model and downscale it to a 400-m resolution to simulate the effect of damming the Romai...