Hydrography and distribution of chaetognaths over the continental shelf off North Carohna 1 09 



The sources of Carolinian Coastal water are now better understood than heretofore. 

 Mixing of Florida Current water with Carolinian Coastal water may be confined to 

 the outer shelf zone or may occur over broad parts of the shelf. This is occasioned by 

 the intrusion of the Florida Current up the slope along the bottom and across the 

 shelf, penetrating more deeply into one bay than another. Occasional winter storm- 

 driven indrafts of Virginian Coastal water may temporarily convert the inner part of 

 Raleigh Bay from a warm, highly saline environment, to a cold, less saline one. 



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