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Pontellid Copepods as Indicators of an Oceanic Incursion over Georges Bank
Author(s) -
Sherman Kenneth,
Schaner Everett
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.144
H-Index - 294
eISSN - 1939-9170
pISSN - 0012-9658
DOI - 10.2307/1934134
Subject(s) - oceanography , salinity , distribution (mathematics) , environmental science , ecology , geography , fishery , geology , biology , mathematical analysis , mathematics
The distribution of pontellid copepods was used to delineate the region of mixing between coastal and oceanic surface waters during an incursion of Gulf Stream water over Georges Bank. The greatest changes in the distribution of pontellids wee at 21°C and between 32.5@% and 33.0@% salinity.