Abstract
The tidal influence of a small inlet in a large, shallow bay has been investigated. The inlet, Sikes Cut, connects the Gulf of Mexico to Apalachicola Bay, which is a major oyster-producing and, therefore, economically important coastal body of water in Florida. It has been the opinion of the oyster industry that the role of the inlet is to facilitate the introduction of oyster predators from the Gulf into the Bay, where some of the oyster reefs have been degrading in recent years. The flood and ebb flow distributions near the inlet have been described, given certain assumptions concerning the flow regime, and these distributions have been verified by measurements. The predicted flow distributions under spring tidal conditions indicate that Sikes Cut has a relatively small influence in the bay, and that other explanations are required for reef degradation.
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