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Page 73
... Surface waters in polar and north temperature zones support immense swarms of plankton , the food for herring , mackerel and scores of other living sea creatures . Also , because fewer larval stages are found in cold surface waters ...
... Surface waters in polar and north temperature zones support immense swarms of plankton , the food for herring , mackerel and scores of other living sea creatures . Also , because fewer larval stages are found in cold surface waters ...
Page 173
... surface temperatures . ( 2 ) Mechanical Bathythermograph ( BT ) . As a result of reported operational faults of BT's ... surface water temperature continuously by detecting sensi- tive infrared radiation from the sea surface . While it ...
... surface temperatures . ( 2 ) Mechanical Bathythermograph ( BT ) . As a result of reported operational faults of BT's ... surface water temperature continuously by detecting sensi- tive infrared radiation from the sea surface . While it ...
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... surface waters are located 10 feet or more below the ocean surface . They occur in widely varying fashion , but whenever a thermocline takes place , sonar ranges must be reworked to meet the new conditions . The presence of a ...
... surface waters are located 10 feet or more below the ocean surface . They occur in widely varying fashion , but whenever a thermocline takes place , sonar ranges must be reworked to meet the new conditions . The presence of a ...
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