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Water masses and property distribution in the EEZ of Mauritius

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Title Water masses and property distribution in the EEZ of Mauritius
 
Creator DeSousa, S.N.
Singbal, S.Y.S.
George, M.D.
 
Description Water masses and their properties have been studied in the Mauritian during September-October, 1987. Surface water is characterizEd. by two water masses: 1) a warm (temp. 27 degrees C) and relatively saline water (salinity 35.3 x 10 sup(-3)) which appears to be centred between 10 degrees and 13 degrees S lat., has low density lying between 22.9 and 23.3, low concentration of nutrients and high dissolved oxygen content (4.5-5.0 ml.l sup(-1)), and (2) a cold (temp. 25 degrees C) and less saline water (salinity 34.8 x 10 sup(-3)) centred around 14-16 degrees S lat. which is also characterizEd. by low density (sigma theta 23.2-23.5), low nutrients and high dissolved oxygen concentration. An attempt has been made to use AOU as a tool to study the movement and properties of water masses that are formed at sea surface
 
Date 2009-05-08T11:26:01Z
2009-05-08T11:26:01Z
1992
 
Type Conference Article
 
Identifier Oceanography of the Indian Ocean. Ed. by: Desai, B.N., 335-346p.
http://drs.nio.org/drs/handle/2264/2985
 
Language en
 
Rights Copyright [1992]. All efforts have been made to respect the copyright to the best of our knowledge. Inadvertent omissions, if brought to our notice, stand for correction and withdrawal of document from this repository.
 
Publisher Oxford and IBH, New Delhi