Molecular diffusive fluxes of oxygen in sediments of Port Phillip Bay in south-eastern Australia

Port Phillip Bay is a large, shallow, semi-enclosed bay in south-eastern Australia. Micro- electrodes were used to measure profiles of oxygen concentration in sediment cores taken from nine sites in the bay in January and February 1994. The effects of sediment surface topography, flow rate of the overlying water and irradiance on the distribution of oxygen in the sediments, and on the molecular diffusive fluxes of oxygen, were determined. Oxygen typically penetrated