Bay of St. Louis
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| Bay of St. Louis | |
|---|---|
| River sources | Jourdan River Wolf River |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Average depth | 1.5m |
| Salinity | <20 (average) |
The Bay of Saint Louis (Bay of St. Louis, St. Louis Bay) is a shallow-water, partially enclosed estuary of the northeast Gulf of Mexico along the southwestern coast of Mississippi.[1][2]Cite error: A <ref> tag is missing the closing </ref> (see the help page). The estuary receives freshwater input from two blackwater, or swamp-land, tributaries of the Mississippi River, the Jourdan River on the west and the Wolf River on the east and some smaller streams (Bayou Portage); these are mixed in the bay with salt water from Mississippi Sound and the Mississippi Bight.[1][2] The waters are comparatively well mixed, with an average salinity of less than 20.<ref name=Lin2012> The Bay of Saint Louis is classified as an "impaired" waterway by the United States Environmental Protection Agency due to high fecal coliform levels in the waters from urban development on the bay and surrounding waters. , ref name =Blain2002b/>
References
- ^ a b Wang, X, Y. Cai, and L. Guo. 2010. referential removal of dissolved carbohydrates during estuarine mixing in the Bay of Saint Louis in the northern Gulf of Mexico, in Marine Chemistry 11(1-4):130-138.
- ^ a b Lin, P., M. Chen, L. Guo. 2012. Speciation and transformation of phosphorus and its mixing behavior in the Bay of St. Louis estuary in the northern Gulf of Mexico, in Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 87:283-298.
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