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...

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Published in:BioScience
Main Author: McAlister, W. Bruce
Format: Text
Language:English
Published: Oxford University Press 1971
Subjects:
Symposium on Amchitka Island Bioenvironmental Studies
Amchitka
Amchitka Island
Amchitka Pass
Alaska
Aleutian Islands
Online Access:http://bioscience.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/21/12/646
https://doi.org/10.2307/1295740
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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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