Nearshore Transport Processes Affecting the Dilution and Fate of 

 Energy-Related Contaminants 



Blanton.J.O. 



$210,000 



Skidaway Institute of Oceanography 



C: 912-356-2457 



This project is analyzing physical transport processes on the inner shelf of the southeastern U.S. Numerical 

 hydrodynatnical models are used to study the dynamics of inner shelf circulation. Mechanisms for exchange of 

 material from inlet to inlet are assessed using numerical models and data from Lagrangian drifters. We analyze (1) 

 the degree to which cross-shelf pressure gradients predict alongshore currents under stratified conditions and (2) 

 the mechanisms by which material is removed offshore from the inner shelf. 



Nutrient Recycling on the Southeastern U.S. Continental Shelf 



Hanson, R.B. 



$80,000 



Skidaway Institute of Oceanography 



C: 912-356-2468 



The project objective is to understand essential components of nitrogen cycling in Southeastern Continental Shelf 

 waters. In collaboration with other scientists, studies concern the coherence among physical flow fields, the cou- 

 pling of nitrogen regeneration to phytoplankton production, and the coupling of benthic and pelagic processes. 

 Regeneration of inorganic nitrogen in the water column and from the sediments, and the spatial and temporal varia- 

 tion of these processes is analyzed. 



Coastal Ocean Margins Program A15 December 1988 



