Estuarine-shelf exchange can drive strong gradients in physical and biogeochemical
properties in the coastal zone and exert a significant influence on biological processes and
patterns. Physical, biogeochemical, and plankton data from an across-shelf transect
extending south of Mobile Bay, Alabama, in conjunction with regional time series data, were
used to determine the relative importance of estuarine-shelf interactions on the physical-
biological structuring of the shelf environment during fall conditions (ie, well-mixed, low …