Quarterdeck Volume 5, Number 1, Spring 1997
Temperature and salinity
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Graphs depict changes in the water column at a single location
over 23 days. Under normal summer conditions, the water column has distinct
layers. Surface water is warm and less saline, while temperature decreases
and salinity increases with depth. Hurricane Edouard cooled and mixed the
water column. Temperature, salinity, and plankton took several days to return
to normal.
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