Synoptic survey on dissolved trace metal levels in Baltic surface waters

A total of 95 surface water samples (6 m depth) was collected during a transect from the Bothnian Bay to Kiel between 28 August and 5 September 1982. This report presents the dissolved trace metal (<0.4 μm) and the associated hydrographic and nutrient data. Except for aluminium, all other metals determined (Zn, Cd, Cu, Ni, Fe, Mn) showed a rather homogeneous distribution within the subregions, with highest values in the Bothnian Bay (except for Mn) and net variations of the individual samples of about 20%. Cadmium, copper and nickel reveal conservative behaviour when values from this study and literature data from the Kattegat and North Sea area are plotted against salinity.     

Seismic inversion through Tabu Search1

Highly non-linear seismic trace inversion problems can be solved efficiently by an implementation of Tabu Search, a meta-heuristic method related to artificial intelligence. The implementation under consideration is a deterministic, global search that combines the advantages ofa local search, giving a quick descent to local misfit minima, with an ability to cross misfit barriers in the model space. Once Tabu Search has found an area of low misfit, it performs an extensive exploration of its deepest points. This property makes it possible to use Tabu Search for a semiquantitative resolution and uncertainty analysis of the inverse problem.     

An Unusual Bluegreen Alga Symbiotic with Two New Species of Ulosa (Porifera: Hymeniacidonidae) from Carrie Bow Cay,Belize*

Abstract. Two new species of the sponge genus Ulosa were found living in symbiosis with a chroococcacean cyanophyte (cyanobacterium) in shallow Caribbean coral reefs off Belize (Central America). Ulosa funicularis is a stringy green sponge (styles: 157 × 2.5 μm, mean dimensions); U. arenosa is a thickly encrusting, shaggy, brownish-greenish mottled species with sandy ectosome (styles: 175 × 3.6 μm). The endosymbiotic algae make up 50% of the cellular sponge tissue. The algal cells are light green, spherical, 5–9 μm in diameter, and divide by median constriction. Electron microscopy shows that cell walls are fully developed but that thylakoids are unusual for their inflated sacs, which are in communication with the nucleoplasmic regions. Although the pigment composition is typical for the Cyanophyta, the phycobiliproteins occur in considerably     

A New Plankton Sampler for Coral Reefs

Abstract. A new self-contained Horizontal Plankton Sampler (HOPLASA) collects near-reef plankton that is not captured by conventional net tows and emergence traps. An electrical motor-propeller assembly inside a large acrylic cylinder drives water past an in-line flowmeter and through a rigidly attached plankton net. When positioned in the coral reef environment this sampling gear filters known quantities of bottom water. Larvae and developmental stages of many invertebrates and some fishes that never migrate to upper water layers but constitute an important fraction of the food chain are captured. Larvae of sponges, corals, and gorgonians, the most important animal reef builders, are obtained live and undamaged and can be cultured in the laboratory for identification after metamorphosis.     

Der Einfluß des Windes auf die Wasserbewegungen durch die Straße von Dover

Zusammenfassung Es werden die Beziehungen zwischen den über der südlichen Nordsee herrschenden Winden und den durch die Straße von Dover stattfindenden Wasserbewegungen abgeleitet. Diese werden einerseits durch den unmittelbaren Windeinfluß und andererseits durch das im wesentlichen auch windbedingte Gefälle vom Kanal zur Nordsee bestimmt. Der Jahresgang und im Zusammenhang damit das Vorrücken salzreichen Wassers im Kanal werden untersucht. Die bei Feuerschiff Varne auftretenden Richtungsänderungen des mittleren jährlichen Reststromes werden durch Schwankungen der Windgeschwindigkeit erklärt. An Hand von Salzgehaltskarten aufeinanderfolgender Monate werden Bewegungen von Wasserkörpern und Fronten im Kanal unter dem Einfluß des Windes verfolgt. Auf die Bedeutung solcher Untersuchungen synoptischer Art zum Studium der Wasserbewegungen wird hingewiesen.

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The wind's influence on the flow of water through the Straits of Dover

Summary The relations between the winds blowing over the southern North Sea and the flow of water through the Straits of Dover are derived; this flow of water depends on both the immediate influence of the wind and the slope of the sea surface between the Channel and the North Sea which, too, is mainly produced by the wind. The annual variation and, in connection with it, the advance of Atlantic water into the Channel are investigated. The changes of directions the mean annual residual current is subjected to according to the observations made near the light vessel Varne are found to be due to variations in the wind velocity. The shifting of water bodies and fronts in the Channel as dependent on the wind is studied by means of salinity charts over consecutive months. Finally, attention is drawn to the significance of such synoptical investigations for the study of water movements.

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L'influence du vent sur les mouvements de l'eau dans le Pas de Calais

Résumé Les relations entre les vents dominant au sud de la mer du Nord et les mouvements de l'aeu dans le Pas de Calais sont dérivées. Ces mouvements sont causés par l'action immédiate du vent ainsi que par la pente de la surface entre la Manche et la mer du Nord; celle-ci, de sa part, est de même essentiellement causée par le vent. La marche annuelle et, en conséquence, la progression de l'eau atlantique dans la Manche sont étudiées. Les changements de direction du courant résiduel moyen par an dérivés des observations du bateau feu Varne sont expliqués en fonction des changements de vitesse du vent. À l'aide des cartes de salinité sur des mois consécutifs les mouvements des masses d'eau et des fronts dans la Manche sont étudiés par rapport à leur dépendance du vent. En résumé, l'attention est attirée sur l'importance de telles investigations synoptiques pourl'étude des mouvements de l'eau.