Temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, suspended particulate matter and fluorescence in surface waters of the Charente estuary (North East Atlantic, France)

There are at least a dozen small hyper-turbid estuaries facing the Bay of Biscay, geographically situated between the two major estuaries of the Gironde and the Loire. MAGEST and SYVEL high-frequency multi-site monitoring revealed that the Loire, and to a lesser extent the Gironde, are subject to summer hypoxia. These observations raised the question of the potential occurrence of hypoxia in the small estuaries in between, motivating an investigation of dissolved oxygen in one of them, the Charente estuary. Oxygen and salinity sensors were placed at L'Houmée (2019), Tonnay-Charente (2018; 2019), Rochefort (2020; 2021; 2022), Martrou (2020) during summer, the most critical period for dissolved oxygen; a multiparameter probe was placed at Tonnay-Charente from April to November 2020. Longitudinal investigations along the estuary axis were also carried out during the summers of 2018 and 2019. All the measurements were acquired at 0.5 ± 0.2 meters below the surface. The dataset enabled us to identify the occurrence of summer hypoxia and an oxygen depletion zone in the Charente estuary. These results resulted in the implementation of high-frequency monitoring at Tonnay-Charente, operational since November 2020.

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Date (Publication)
2023-07-22
Date (Revision)
2024-04-17
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Schmidt Sabine, Diallo Ibrahima (2023). Temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, suspended particulate matter and fluorescence in surface waters of the Charente estuary (North East Atlantic, France). SEANOE. https://doi.org/10.17882/95886
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This work was a contribution to the project QUEtSCHE (trajectoires de la QUalité des eaux et du fonctionnement des écosystèmes des EStuaires aquitains face au CHangEment climatique) funded by the OASU (Aquitaine Observatory of the Sciences of the Universe) and the AEAG (Agence de l’Eau Adour Garonne).
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  CNRS, UMR5805 EPOC, France - Schmidt Sabine
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  Rectorat de Bordeaux - Diallo Ibrahima
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  SEANOE
Theme
  • estuary
  • Charente
  • surface water
  • temperature
  • salinity
  • dissolved oxygen
  • suspended particle
  • fluorescence
  • Chemical oceanography
ODATIS aggregation parameters and Essential Variable names
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2024
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  Copernicus GmbH
Author
  Schmidt Sabine
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  Diallo Ibrahima Iris
Unique resource identifier
10.5194/bg-21-1785-2024
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Date (Publication)
2023
Publisher
  Copernicus GmbH
Author
  Schmidt Sabine
Author
  Diallo Ibrahima I.
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10.5194/bg-2023-150
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English
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  • Oceans
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2018-07-19
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Salinity, temperature and dissolved oxygen in surface water at L'Houmée [RESTRICTED] - 523 KB

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Salinity, temperature, dissolved oxygen, suspended particulate matter and fluoresence in surface water at Tonnay-Charente [RESTRICTED] - 3 MB

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Salinity, temperature and dissolved oxygen in surface water at Rochefort [RESTRICTED] - 1 MB

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Salinity, temperature and dissolved oxygen in surface water at Martrou [RESTRICTED] - 242 KB

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Longitudinal transects in the Charente estuary in summer 2018 and 2019 [RESTRICTED] - 12 KB

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Measurements were taken using HOBO U26 Dissolved Oxygen and U24 Conductivity/Salinity loggers, except at Tonnay-Charente in 2020 where a SAMBAT multiparameter probe (NKE Instrumentation, France) was deployed. The measured parameters are temperature (−-5 to +35°C; ± < 1%), salinity (range 0.1 -42; ± < 5%), turbidity (Turner Designs CYCLOPS-7; 0 - 3000 NTU; ± < 5%) converted in suspended particulate matter (SPM using a NTU-SPM rating curve established for Charente SPM, dissolved oxygen (0 - 20 mg L-1;  ±0.1 mg L-1) and fluorescence (Turner Designs CYCLOPS-70 - 50 µg L-1; ± < 5%).
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The SAMBAT multiparameter probe on the floating pontoon of Tonnay-Charente in 2020

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Charente Chemical oceanography dissolved oxygen estuary fluorescence salinity surface water suspended particle temperature
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Dissolved oxygen Fluorescence Salinity Sea temperature Suspended matter
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