Deep water renewals in resurrection Bay Alaska

Abstract

Resurrection Bay, a fjord estuary on the south-central Alaskan coastline is approximately 30 km in length and 4.5 km in width. An inner basin (290 m) is separated from the outer fjord and the continental shelf of the Gulf of Alaska by a sill at 185 m. Hydrographic data were obtained from five stations along the length of the fjord at approximately monthly intervals during 1973 to 1975. During 1973 current meters were installed in the inner basin at depths of 46, 93, 185, and 286 m during March to May, and again during September to October. Two stations were selected to represent oceanographic conditions in the inner fjord (Res-2.5) and adjacent marine source waters (Res-4). Data discussed relate to these two stations