• Several studies have concluded on the efficacy of using CDOM as a tracer of runoff due to its conservative nature . Also suspended solids can also act as a tracer of runoff
• CDOM plays a significant role in the upper ocean heat budget and in the carbon content of the upper ocean in the Hudson Bay, also in supply of nutrients to the bay (Granskog et al., 2007; Guégen et al., 201; Pegau, 2002)
• Convergent suspended sediment plume in the estuary results in the development of the estuarine turbidity maxima (ETM) aided by