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Exceptional influx of oceanic species into the North Sea late 1997

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 1999

M. Edwards
Affiliation:
Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science, The Laboratory, Citadel Hill, Plymouth, PL1 2PB Department of Biological Sciences, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA
A.W.G. John
Affiliation:
Sir Alister Hardy Foundation for Ocean Science, The Laboratory, Citadel Hill, Plymouth, PL1 2PB
J.A. Lindley
Affiliation:
Natural Environmental Research Council, Plymouth Marine Laboratory, Prospect Place, Plymouth, PL1 3DH

Abstract

Continuous Plankton Recorder records from the North Sea and north-east Atlantic from September 1997 to March 1998 indicate an exceptional influx of oceanic indicator species into the North Sea. These inflow events, according to historical evidence, have only occurred sporadically during this century. This exceptional inflow and previous inflow events are discussed in relation to their similarity in terms of their physical and climatic conditions.

Type
SHORT COMMUNICATION
Copyright
© 1999 Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

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