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Synoptic Surveys of the Western English Channel. The Relationships Between Plankton and Hydrography

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

G. A. Robinson ,
J. Aiken  and
H. G. Hunt
G. A. Robinson
Affiliation:
Natural Environment Research Council, Institute for Marine Environmental Research, Prospect Place, The Hoe, Plymouth PL1 3DH
J. Aiken
Affiliation:
Natural Environment Research Council, Institute for Marine Environmental Research, Prospect Place, The Hoe, Plymouth PL1 3DH
H. G. Hunt
Affiliation:
Natural Environment Research Council, Institute for Marine Environmental Research, Prospect Place, The Hoe, Plymouth PL1 3DH
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Variability in the distribution and abundance of the plankton of the western English Channel has been investigated in relation to the hydrography of the region by surveys using the Continuous Plankton Recorder (CPR) (Hardy, 1939) and the Undulating Oceanographic Recorder (UOR) (Aiken, 1981a). Previous surveys in the western English Channel have been restricted in area or in time. Harvey et al. (1935), Holligan & Harbour (1977) and Maddock, Boalch & Harbour (1981) have studied the seasonal succession of the plankton at point stations near Plymouth, with analysis of patterns of seasonal succession and phyto-zooplankton relationships; Boalch, Harbour & Butler (1978) measured primary production at three stations across the western English Channel over a period of eleven years (1964–74); Pingree et al. (1976) have shown that the development of populations of phytoplankton are influenced by the establishment and development of the seasonal thermocline and also frontal regions, both of which are determined largely by tidal streaming.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 66 , Issue 1 , February 1986 , pp. 201 - 218
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1986

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