Temperature, Salinity and Plankton in the Eastern North Atlantic and Coastal Waters of Britain, 1957.: I. The Characterisation and Distribution of Surface Waters

Monthly temperature-salinity diagrams for 1957 have demonstrated that three surface oceanic "water bodies" were consistently present in the eastern North Atlantic; two are regarded as modified North Atlantic Central water which give rise to the third by mixing. As well in the oceanic areas, large and small, high or low salinity patches of water were common. Effects of seasonal climatic fluctuations differed in the several oceanic water bodies. In coastal waters, differences in properties and in seasonal and annual cycles of the properties distinguish the waters from the North Sea, English Channel and the western entrance to the Channel.The geographic distributions of the oceanic waters are consistent with "northern" and "southern" water bodies mixing to form a "transitional" water. Within this distribution there are short-term changes in boundaries and long-term (seasonal) changes in size of the water bodies.Water in the western approaches to the English Channel appeared to be influenced chiefly by the mixed, oceanic transitional water; oceanic influences in the North Sea appear to have been from northern and transitional waters.

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Distribution of the Cirratulid Polychaetes Dodecaceria Fimbriata, D. Concharum and D. Diceria in European Waters Between Latitudes 48°N and 70°N

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom ◽

10.1017/s0025315400031337 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 76 (3) ◽

pp. 625-635 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Peter H. Gibson

Keyword(s):

North Sea ◽

Coastal Waters ◽

Northern Europe ◽

English Channel ◽

The North ◽

The North Sea ◽

Firth Of Forth ◽

First Time

The distribution of Dodecaceria in northern Europe was found for samples borrowed from museums and other collections. Dodecaceria fimbriata was present in the coastal waters of mainland Britain and the Continent from the English Channel northwards. Dodecaceria concharum was only found in British mainland coastal waters and on the French coast at the western end of the English Channel. It was absent where salinities were below ~34%0. The two species were sampled along the Lothian and Borders coasts and the numbers of D. concharum fell with decreasing salinity as the Firth of Forth was approached. Dodecaceria diceria was found for the first time in the North Sea at depths of 100–200 m. The benthic salinity here is ~35%0.

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Hydrocarbons and halogenated hydrocarbons in coastal waters of the English Channel and the North Sea

Marine Pollution Bulletin ◽

10.1016/0025-326x(85)90128-6 ◽

1985 ◽

Vol 16 (2) ◽

pp. 78-81 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

M. Marchand ◽

J.C. Caprais

Keyword(s):

North Sea ◽

Coastal Waters ◽

Halogenated Hydrocarbons ◽

English Channel ◽

The North ◽

The North Sea

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First Record of the American Jack Knife Clam Ensis Directus on the French Coast of the North Sea

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom ◽

10.1017/s0025315400032768 ◽

1993 ◽

Vol 73 (1) ◽

pp. 233-235 ◽

Cited By ~ 14

Author(s):

C. Luczak ◽

J.-M. Dewarumez ◽

K. Essink

Keyword(s):

North Sea ◽

Coastal Waters ◽

New Records ◽

First Record ◽

English Channel ◽

Southern Bight ◽

The North ◽

German Coast ◽

The North Sea ◽

First Time

Ensis directus (Bivalvia: Solenidae) was noted for the first time along the French coast of the North Sea in June 1991. High numbers of post larvae after a period of northerly winds indicate that settled larvae originated from adult populations in Belgian or Dutch coastal waters. Future dispersal of Ensis directus could be used as a biological tracer of coastal water movements between the Southern Bight of the North Sea and the English Channel.The American jack knife clam, Ensis directus (Conrad, 1843), synonym Ensis americanus (Binney, 1870)sensu van Urk (1964,1972), was discovered in Europe in the German Bight for the first time in June 1979 (Von Cosel et al., 1982). This species is assumed to have been transported in its larval stage by a ship containing ballast water. Considering the dimensions of the specimens, this probably happened in the first half of 1978 (Von Cosel et al., 1982; Mühlenhardt-Siegel et al., 1983). Since then this species has spread rapidly in the North Sea in subtidal and intertidal areas. Dense populations were found along the German coast within a few years (Von Cosel et al., 1982; Mühlenhardt-Siegel et al., 1983; Swennen et al., 1985). In 1986 Ensis directus was reported from the north and east Danish coasts as far as the Belgian coast (Kerkhof & Dumoulin, 1987) (Figure 1). Since then no new records have been reported.

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Comparison of HOAPS, QuikSCAT, and Buoy Wind Speed in the Eastern North Atlantic and the North Sea

IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing ◽

10.1109/tgrs.2009.2023982 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 48 (1) ◽

pp. 338-348 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

J. Winterfeldt ◽

A. Andersson ◽

C. Klepp ◽

S. Bakan ◽

R. Weisse

Keyword(s):

Wind Speed ◽

North Sea ◽

North Atlantic ◽

The North ◽

The North Sea ◽

Eastern North Atlantic

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Maritime Boundaries in the North Sea and the North Atlantic

SSRN Electronic Journal ◽

10.2139/ssrn.2985968 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Constantinos Yiallourides

Keyword(s):

North Sea ◽

North Atlantic ◽

The North ◽

The North Sea ◽

The North Atlantic

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Further Investigation upon the Water Movements in the English Channel. Drift-Bottle Experiments in the Summers of 1927, 1928 and 1929, with Critical Notes on Drift-Bottle Experiments in General.

Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom ◽

10.1017/s0025315400051869 ◽

1930 ◽

Vol 17 (1) ◽

pp. 241-275 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

J. N. Carruthers

Keyword(s):

Wind Speed ◽

North Sea ◽

English Channel ◽

The North ◽

Different Types ◽

The North Sea ◽

The Common ◽

Relationship Of ◽

Great Simplicity ◽

Simple Surface

In July–August of three different years common surface-floating bottles were set adrift at International Station E2 (49° 27' N.—4° 42' W.). With them, various types of drag-fitted bottles were also put out. The journeys accomplished are discussed, and the striking differences as between year and year in the case of the common surface floaters, and as between the different types in the same year, are commented upon in the light of the prevailing winds. An inter-relationship of great simplicity is deduced between wind speed and the rate of travel of simple surface floating bottles up-Channel and across the North Sea from the results of experiments carried out in four different summers.

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Climate-Driven Change in the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans Can Greatly Reduce the Circulation of the North Sea

Geophysical Research Letters ◽

10.1029/2018gl078878 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 45 (21) ◽

pp. 11,827-11,836 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Jason Holt ◽

Jeff Polton ◽

John Huthnance ◽

Sarah Wakelin ◽

Enda O'Dea ◽

...

Keyword(s):

North Sea ◽

North Atlantic ◽

The North ◽

The North Sea ◽

The North Atlantic

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1.—The Competitors and the Result

Aeronautical journal (London England 1897) ◽

10.1017/s2398187300146730 ◽

1906 ◽

Vol 10 (40) ◽

pp. 50-51

Keyword(s):

Great Britain ◽

North Sea ◽

English Channel ◽

Long Distance ◽

The North ◽

The North Sea ◽

The Way

No fewer than seven nations tried to win the Gordon Bennett Cup in the race which started from the Tuileries Gardens, in Paris, on September 30th. But the wind was in an unfavourable direction for the accomplishment of a long distance record. To some, the English Channel barred the way, to some, the North Sea.The cup offered for the greatest distance covered has been accorded to the American aeronaut, Mr. Frank P. Lahm, who descended 15 miles north of Scarborough.It will be seen in another part of this Journal that in December next, Members of the Aëronautical Society of Great Britain will hear an account of the Gordon-Bennett race from Colonel J. E. Capper, who took part in the race, having accompanied Mr. Rolls in the “ Britannia.” In this account, therefore, it will suffice to merely tabulate the competitors and results.

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The carbon budget of the North Sea

Biogeosciences ◽

10.5194/bg-2-87-2005 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 2 (1) ◽

pp. 87-96 ◽

Cited By ~ 114

Author(s):

H. Thomas ◽

Y. Bozec ◽

H. J. W. de Baar ◽

K. Elkalay ◽

M. Frankignoulle ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Atlantic Ocean ◽

Continental Shelf ◽

North Sea ◽

North Atlantic ◽

Carbon Budget ◽

North Atlantic Ocean ◽

Carbon Sink ◽

The North ◽

The North Sea ◽

The North Atlantic

Abstract. A carbon budget has been established for the North Sea, a shelf sea on the NW European continental shelf. The carbon exchange fluxes with the North Atlantic Ocean dominate the gross carbon budget. The net carbon budget – more relevant to the issue of the contribution of the coastal ocean to the marine carbon cycle – is dominated by the carbon inputs from rivers, the Baltic Sea and the atmosphere. The North Sea acts as a sink for organic carbon and thus can be characterised as a heterotrophic system. The dominant carbon sink is the final export to the North Atlantic Ocean. More than 90% of the CO2 taken up from the atmosphere is exported to the North Atlantic Ocean making the North Sea a highly efficient continental shelf pump for carbon.

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Thinlip grey mullet Liza ramada (Mugilidae) caught in a

Fauna norvegica ◽

10.5324/fn.v26i0.571 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 26 ◽

Author(s):

Bror Jonsson ◽

Nina Jonsson

Keyword(s):

North Sea ◽

Total Mass ◽

First Year ◽

English Channel ◽

Grey Mullet ◽

Font Size ◽

Growth Season ◽

The North ◽

The North Sea ◽

First Year Of Life

Two individuals of thinlip grey mullet Liza ramada were collected in a southern Norwegian brook (58° 22’ N, 8° 37’ E) on 12th September 2007. The fish were 8.7 and 9.0 cm in total length, 6 and 7 g in total mass, and most probably in their first year of life. The nearest known spawning area of the species is south of the English Channel, meaning that they had probably moved at least 900 km across the North Sea during their first growth season. To our knowledge, this is the first published observation of the catadromous thinlip grey mullet from a Scandinavian freshwater course.

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