
%0 Journal Article
%A Walker, TA 
%T Dependance of phytoplankton chlorophyll on bottom resuspension in Cleveland Bay, northern Queensland
%J Marine and Freshwater Research
%D 1981/12/01
%V 32
%N 6
%P 981-986
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/MF9810981
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/MF9810981 
%X In relatively shallow regions of the lagoon of the central Great Barrier Reef. phytoplankton chlorophyll a concentrations are dependent on intermittent resuspension of bottom sediment by wind-generated waves. This results in a strong inverse correlation between chlorophyll a levels and transparency over a period of time. Bottom resuspension and resettling cause a mide transparency range to occur at any given station. but the mean Secchi disc depth increases linearly with water depth across the lagoon. 
