Oceanography in the Vicinity of Amchitka Island, Alaska
Five oceanographic sections along the Aleutian Islands near Amchitka were occupied during the winter of 1968 by the U.S. Bureau of Commercial Fisheries' R/V George B. Kelez to determine the winter characteristics of water properties, circulation, and biota. Observations included trace metals, n...
Published in: | BioScience |
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Oxford University Press
1971
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Online Access: | http://bioscience.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/21/12/646 https://doi.org/10.2307/1295740 |
Summary: | Five oceanographic sections along the Aleutian Islands near Amchitka were occupied during the winter of 1968 by the U.S. Bureau of Commercial Fisheries' R/V George B. Kelez to determine the winter characteristics of water properties, circulation, and biota. Observations included trace metals, nutrients, chlorophyll a , Zooplankton samples, and long-line fishing for salmon. Observed ocean transport was northward through Amchitka Pass, but south of Amchitka it was westward in the extension of the Alaskan Stream. |
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