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Some observations of the hydrology and plankton of the North Sea and English Channel

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

Michael Graham  and
J. P. Harding
Michael Graham
Affiliation:
Fisheries Laboratory, Lowestoft
J. P. Harding
Affiliation:
Fisheries Laboratory, Lowestoft
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Phosphate, salinity and temperature records of waters of the North Sea and English Channel have been compared for April or May in the years 1935, 1936 and 1937, and the plankton distribution has been noted. Attention is called to the appearance of stability in certain features.

Thus, a high phosphate content was found to be associated with extremes of salinity and temperature, in similar areas in each year. The phosphate appears to be brought into the North Sea and Channel by oceanic water and by drainage from the land.

The plankton organisms were also similarly distributed in each year.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 23 , Issue 1 , November 1938 , pp. 201 - 206
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1938

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