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Sea Temperatures in Plymouth Sound

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

L. H. N. Cooper
Affiliation:
The Plymouth Laboratory

Extract

Monthly mean sea-water temperatures in Plymouth Sound, prepared by the Plymouth City Meteorologist, are presented as data for ecological studies in this laboratory. In the last 40 years there has been a rise in mean temperature of about 0·3°C.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1958

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