water to be turbid can be composed of many things, including sediments and phytoplankton. There are a number of ways to measure ocean turbidity, including...

initiation mechanism for turbidity currents. Large and fast-moving turbidity currents can carve gulleys and ravines into the ocean floor of continental margins...

a turbidity reading), a correlation between turbidity and total suspended solids (TSS) is somewhat unusual for each location or situation. Turbidity in...

centimetres in highly turbid eutrophic lakes, to around 200 meters in the open ocean. It also varies with seasonal changes in turbidity, which can be strongly...

Marine primary production Marine snow Ocean fertilization Oceanic physical-biological process Ocean turbidity Photophore Thorson's rule Upwelling Viral...

Dead zones are hypoxic (low-oxygen) areas in the world's oceans and large lakes. Hypoxia occurs when dissolved oxygen (DO) concentration falls to or below...

depending upon water depth and shoreline features. The oceanic zone is the vast open part of the ocean where animals such as whales, sharks, and tuna live...

enters the Congo deep-sea fan and extends for an additional 220 km. The turbidity currents found in Congo Canyon are the strongest measured in the world...

lagoons and bays with narrow openings to the ocean. A different effect is the thousands of square miles of the ocean which shine with the light produced by...

aquatic system based on the temperature of different lake layers. The less turbid the water, the more light is able to penetrate, and thus heat is conveyed...

become hypoxic. Particle levels in water (or air) can be measured with a turbidity meter and analyzed with a particle counter. They can also be scanned with...

so unique that it warrants its own current type. This is the turbidity current. Turbidity current is caused when the density of water is increased by sediment...

Marine primary production Marine snow Ocean fertilization Oceanic physical-biological process Ocean turbidity Photophore Thorson's rule Upwelling Viral...

topography – The shape of the ocean surface relative to the geoid Ocean turbidity – A measure of the amount of cloudiness or haziness in sea water caused...

(DOC) Ocean turbidity Secchi disk Hoge, FE; Vodacek, A; Swift, RN; Yungel, JK; Blough, NV (October 1995). "Inherent optical properties of the ocean: retrieval...

can be made of volcanic ash and terrigenous sediments transported by turbidity currents. Layer 2 could be divided into two parts: Layer 2A is a 0.5 km...

submarine canyons serve as channels for the flow of turbidity currents across the seafloor. Turbidity currents are flows of dense, sediment laden waters...

Marine primary production Marine snow Ocean fertilization Oceanic physical-biological process Ocean turbidity Photophore Thorson's rule Upwelling Viral...

Marine primary production Marine snow Ocean fertilization Oceanic physical-biological process Ocean turbidity Photophore Thorson's rule Upwelling Viral...

sediments, mainly clay and silt. Much of this sediment is deposited from turbidity currents that have been channeled from the continental margins along submarine...

the Clarion Clipperton Zone and found that the plume forms a low-lying turbidity current which hugs the seafloor. Another MIT-led study found that modelling...

A turbidite is the geologic deposit of a turbidity current, which is a type of amalgamation of fluidal and sediment gravity flow responsible for distributing...

oysters and mussels, such as the Mussel Watch program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Over the next two decades, the effects...

originally uneven surface of oceanic crust by fine-grained sediments, mainly clay and silt. Much of this sediment is deposited by turbidity currents that have been...

sprats and anchovies. Ocean waters that are exceptionally clear contain little food. Areas of high productivity tend to be somewhat turbid from plankton blooms...

disk 30 cm (12 in) in diameter used to measure water transparency or turbidity in bodies of water. The disc is mounted on a pole or line and lowered...

bottom of the lake or ocean from overlying waters. The depth of the aphotic zone can be greatly affected by such things as turbidity and the season of the...

the upper ocean to increase marine food production and to sequester carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Ocean turbidity – Ocean turbidity is a measure...

Among many environments that are under the impact of mercury pollution, the ocean is one which cannot be neglected as it has the ability to act as a "storage...

Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, Southern Ocean, and Arctic Ocean. Over 70 percent of the world catch from the sea comes from the Pacific Ocean....