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application/x-research-info-systems TY - ABST AU - Pitts,
Patrick A. TI - Tidal and Long-term Flow Through Two Tidal
Channels Connecting Southern Biscayne Bay and Card Sound With
Atlantic Shelf Waters JO - Bulletin of Marine Science PY -
2000-11-01T00:00:00/// VL - 67 IS - 3 SP - 973 EP - 988 N2 -
Current meter data and local wind measurements from a 166-d
study in 1996–97 are used to describe tidal and long-term flow
through two tidal channels that connect southern Biscayne Bay
and Card Sound with Atlantic shelf waters. Results indicate a
quasisteady, long-term outflow from the estuary through Caesar
Creek and Angelfish Creek that averaged 12 cm s−1 and 8 cm s−1,
respectively. Harmonic analysis indicates that the tides
dominate the instantaneous flow through the channels, with
diurnal and semi-diur- nal tidal constituents accounting for
85–87% of the total variance. M2 amplitudes for Caesar Creek and
Angelfish Creek are 72 and 52 cm s−1, respectively