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Turbulent Convergent Tidal Fronts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

R. D. Pingree ,
G. R. Forster  and
G. K. Morrison
R. D. Pingree
Affiliation:
Institute of Oceanographic Sciences, Wormley, Surrey
G. R. Forster
Affiliation:
The Laboratory, Marine Biological Association, Citadel Hill, Plymouth
G. K. Morrison
Affiliation:
Institute of Oceanographic Sciences, Wormley, Surrey
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A high concentration of certain planktonic animals was found in a frontal region in the English Channel. Temperature, salinity and current measurements and direct visual observations (underwater) describe the nature of the front. It is shown that water depth, season, strong tidal mixing and residence time are important factors leading to the formation and maintenance of a turbulent convergent tidal front.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 54 , Issue 2 , May 1974 , pp. 469 - 479
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1974

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