Periodicity of wave-driven flows and lagoon water renewal for 74 Central Pacific Ocean atolls.
Hoa
Pearl farming
Residence time
Tuamotu
WaveWatch III
Wavelet transform
Journal
Marine pollution bulletin
ISSN: 1879-3363
Titre abrégé: Mar Pollut Bull
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0260231
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Jun 2022
Jun 2022
Historique:
received:
31
05
2021
revised:
27
04
2022
accepted:
06
05
2022
pubmed:
19
5
2022
medline:
31
5
2022
entrez:
18
5
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
French Polynesia atolls are spread on a vast 2300 by 1200 km Central Pacific Ocean area exposed to spatially and temporally dependent wave forcing. They also have a wide range of closed to open morphologies and several have been suitable to develop from black-lipped pearl oysters a substantial pearl farming activity in the past 30 years, representing nowadays the 2nd source of income for French Polynesia. Considering here only the component of lagoon renewal that is driven by waves, we investigate for 74 atolls different lagoon renewal metrics using 20 years of wave model data at 0.05° spatial resolution. Wavelet spectral analyses highlight that atolls, even in close vicinity, can be exposed to different and characteristic periodicities in wave-driven flows and water renewal. These characteristics are discussed in relation to pearl farming atolls, including atolls known to be efficient oyster spat producers, a critical activity for pearl farming sustainability.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35584571
pii: S0025-326X(22)00430-1
doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113748
pii:
doi:
Substances chimiques
Water
059QF0KO0R
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
113748Informations de copyright
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