Departures of 1996 temperatures and salinities in the Middle Atlantic Bight and Gulf of Maine from historical means

Journal of Northwest Atlantic Fishery Science

Volumn 24, Issue , 1998, Pages 61-86

  Benway, Robert L ^a   Jossi, Jack W ^a  

^a ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bottom temperature; Climatology; Gulf of Maine; Middle Atlantic Bight; Surface salinity; Surface temperature

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WATER COLUMN;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; GULF OF MAINE; MIDDLE ATLANTIC BIGHT;

EID: 0032461520     PISSN: 02506408     EISSN: 18131859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2960/J.v24.a4     Document Type: Article

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