Abstract
The relative importance of the various biological, chemical, and physical factors for the control of the phytoplankton patchiness in the environment has been studied for the near-surface waters of a small coastal embayment. It was found that during periods of low turbulent mixing (wind speed [Formula: see text]), the phytoplankton patchiness was induced by local differences (taxonomic or physiological) in its production efficiency which was linked to the dynamic fluctuation in the physicochemical characteristics of the medium. For periods of high winds [Formula: see text] it is indicated that the physical turbulent transport processes were responsible for damping out the spatial variations in the phytoplankton distribution.Key words: phytoplankton biomass, P/B ratio, spatial distribution, turbulence, wind stress
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