Biogeochemical Cycles - Coastal Lagoons: Ecosystem Processes and Modeling for Sustainable Use and Development - page 135

TABLE 4.29
Algal Maximum Growth Rates (day − 1 )

Min. Max. Avg. Location Reference As Cited in Explanation

1.3 2.5 Potomac River Estuary Thomann and Fitzpatrick, 1982 Bowie et al. 93 20°C total phytoplankton

2 Potomac River Estuary O'Connor, 1981 O'Connor 94 20°C total phytoplankton

1.3 2.5 Chesapeake Bay Salas and Thomann, 1978 Bowie et al. 93 20°C total phytoplankton

2 2.5 Chesapeake Bay Hydroqual Inc., 1987 Lung and Paerl 79 20°C total phytoplankton

1.3 2.5 Sacramento San Joaquin Delta Di Toro, 1971 Bowie et al. 93 20°C total phytoplankton

2.5 Sacramento San Joaquin Delta O'Connor, 1981 O'Connor 94 20°C total phytoplankton

1.3 2.5 New York Bight O'Connor et al., 1981 Bowie et al. 93 20°C total phytoplankton

2.5 New York Bight O'Connor, 1981 O'Connor 94 20°C total phytoplankton

1 2 Grays Harbor and Chehalis

River

Battelle, 1974 Bowie et al. 93 20°C total phytoplankton

2 3 James River O'Connor, 1981 O'Connor 94 20°C total phytoplankton

2 2.5 James River Lung, 1986 Lung and Paerl 79 20°C total phytoplankton

2 Patuxent River Estuary O'Connor, 1981 O'Connor 94 20°C total phytoplankton

2.03 Maryland coastal waters Lung and Hwang, 1994 Lung and

Hwang 81

20°C total phytoplankton, value used
in modeling

1.5 2 Texas bays and estuaries Brandes, 1976 Bowie et al. 93 20°C total phytoplankton, model documentation

value

1.75 Sacramento San Joaquin Delta Di Toro, 1971 Bowie et al. 93 27°C diatom, literature values

2 Neuse Estuary Lung and Paerl, 1986 Lung and Paerl 79 20°C diatom

2 Patuxent River Estuary Lung, 1992 Lung 80 20°C diatom, value used in modeling

2.25 Chesapeake Bay Cerco and Cole, 1994 Cerco and Cole 91 20°C diatom