title: Hypoxia in the St. Lawrence Estuary: How a Coding Error Led to the Belief that "Physics Controls Spatial Patterns".
abstract: Two fundamental sign errors were found in a computer code used for studying the oxygen minimum zone (OMZ) and hypoxia in the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. These errors invalidate the conclusions drawn from the model, and call into question a proposed mechanism for generating OMZ that challenges classical understanding. The study in question is being cited frequently, leading the discipline in the wrong direction.
authors.affiliation: Institut des Sciences de la Mer de Rimouski, Rimouski, Québec, Canada.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bourgault
authors.affiliation: Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ), Texel, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Frédéric
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Cyr
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D002170:Canada; D063366:Estuaries; D010100:Oxygen / Q000032:analysis*; D060753:Water Quality
chemical_list: D010100:Oxygen