The light environment controls the onset of the bloom in the
shallow region, while stratification plays a more significant role in the deep
region.
The magnitude of bloom
is modified by both light and nutrients.
N/Si ratio is an important parameter for the nutrients
limitation process and succession of phytoplankton community.
The basic pattern of lower-level trophic food-web dynamics
in shallow and deeper area mirrors the sites A and B in the 1D model. A unique
pattern develops in the tidal mixing frontal zone.
If no impact from advection, the development of weak
stratification is critical for the springtime bloom; wind and heat flux can regulate this
process.
The frontal zone is a
possible area for the second diatom bloom.
Advection may be critical in determining changes in
stratification and thus bloom formation, particularly in deeper waters