Short-term impacts of cold front passage on coastal water quality and material transport.

ABSTRACT: Amid growing attention to climate change, most coastal oceanographic studies have focused on long-term trends, with comparatively less emphasis on the impacts of short-lived synoptic weather systems, such as cold fronts, on coastal water quality. These transient events can drive rapid shifts in biogeochemical processes with significant ecological consequences. This study investigated the short-term variability of water quality parameters in the Louisiana Continental Shelf in response to wind-driven changes in coastal currents following a cold front. A vessel-based survey conducted in March 2021 involved repeated high-frequency sampling along a 30 km transect over a 36-hour period. Measurements included salinity, temperature, chlorophyll-a (chl-a), pH, dissolved oxygen (DO), colored dissolv

SUBMITTER: Katkar A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12669670 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature