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TABLE 4.34
Settling Velocity of Algae (m day − 1 )

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

0.05 0.2 Potomac River Estuary Thomann and

Fitzpatrick, 1982

Bowie et al. 93 Total phytoplankton

0.05 0.2 New York Bight O'Connor et al., 1981 Bowie et al. 93 Total phytoplankton

0.1 New York Bight O'Connor, 1981 O'Connor 94 Total phytoplankton

0.4 Patuxent River O'Connor, 1981 O'Connor 94 Total phytoplankton

0.23 James River Estuary O'Connor, 1981 O'Connor 94 Total phytoplankton

0.23 James River Estuary Lung, 1986 Lung and Paerl 79 Total phytoplankton

0.1 Chesapeake Bay Hydroqual Inc., 1987 Lung and Paerl 79 Total phytoplankton

0.3 Maryland coastal waters Lung and Hwang, 1994 Lung and Hwang 81 Total phytoplankton, value used in modeling

0 0.2 Texas bays and estuaries Brandes, 1976 Bowie et al. 93 Total phytoplankton, model documentation value

8 New York Bight O'Connor et al., 1981 Bowie et al. 93 Dinoflagellates

0.46 Neuse River Estuary Lung and Paerl, 1986 Lung and Paerl 79 Diatom

0.30 Patuxent River Estuary Lung, 1992 Lung 80 Diatom, value used in modeling

0.1 Chesapeake Bay Cerco and Cole, 1994 Cerco and Cole 91 Diatom, base diatom settling velocity

0.25 Chesapeake Bay Cerco and Cole, 1994 Cerco and Cole 91 Diatom, enhanced settling of large diatoms

0.015 Neuse River Estuary Lung and Paerl, 1986 Lung and Paerl 79 Blue-green algae (non-nitrogen fixing)

0.058 Neuse River Estuary Lung and Paerl, 1986 Lung and Paerl 79 Blue-green algae (nitrogen fixing)

0 Chesapeake Bay Cerco and Cole, 1994 Cerco and Cole 91 Cyanobacteria

0.46 Neuse River Estuary Lung and Paerl, 1986 Lung and Paerl 79 Green-algae

0.1 Chesapeake Bay Cerco and Cole, 1994 Cerco and Cole 91 Green-algae

0.09 Patuxent River Estuary Lung, 1992 Lung 80 Green-algae, value used in modeling