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Doliolids in the German bight in 1989: Evidence for exceptional inflow into the North Sea

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

J.A. Lindley ,
J. Roskell ,
A.J. Warner ,
N.C. Halliday ,
H.G. Hunt ,
A.W.G. John  and
T.D. Jonas
J.A. Lindley
Affiliation:
Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, The Hoe, Plymouth, PL1 3DH
J. Roskell
Affiliation:
Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, The Hoe, Plymouth, PL1 3DH
A.J. Warner
Affiliation:
Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, The Hoe, Plymouth, PL1 3DH
N.C. Halliday
Affiliation:
Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, The Hoe, Plymouth, PL1 3DH
H.G. Hunt
Affiliation:
Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, The Hoe, Plymouth, PL1 3DH
A.W.G. John
Affiliation:
Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, The Hoe, Plymouth, PL1 3DH
T.D. Jonas
Affiliation:
Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, The Hoe, Plymouth, PL1 3DH
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Doliolids were found in samples taken with a Continuous Plankton Recorder (CPR) in October 1989 between 55°14'N 03°32'E and 55°20'N 06°13'E during a tow between Newcastle and Esbjerg. Densities were estimated at >100 m−3 for about 112 km of tow. A sub-sample of specimens in sufficiently good condition to be reliably identified were referred to Doliolum nationalis Borgert. Substantial numbers of doliolids were found on a CPR tow between Harwich and Gothenburg which passed through the same area in that month and specimens were found nearer to the Danish coast in November and south-west of Helgoland in December. The distribution of doliolids in CPR samples taken in the North Sea in the last three months of 1989 is shown in Figure 1.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 70 , Issue 3 , August 1990 , pp. 679 - 682
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1990

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