CONTENTS 



Introdvution ^ 



Methods 1 



Results 2 



Summer 1975 3 



Autumn 1975 3 



Winter 1975-76 3 



Spring 1976 5 



Summer 1976 5 



Autumn 1976 5 



Discussion ° 



Coastal Maine waters 6 



Coastal Nova Scotian waters 6 



Central surface waters 8 



Central middepth waters 9 



Central bottom waters 9 



Summary ^^ 



Acknowledtjments 1" 



Literature cited 10 



Figures 



1. Location of temperature section monitored by the MV Bluenose from June 1975 through November 2 

 1976 



2. Vertical temperature sections for the Gulf of Maine between Bar Harbor, Maine, and Yarmouth, 3 

 Nova Scotia, summer 1975 



;?. Vertical temperature sections for the Gulf of Maine between Bar Harbor, Maine, and Yarmouth, 4 

 Nova Scotia, autumn 1975 



4. Vertical temperature sections for the Gulf of Maine between Bar Harbor, Maine, and Yarmouth, 4 

 Nova Scotia, winter 1975-76 



5. Vertical temperature sections for the Gulf of Maine between Bar Harbor, Maine, and Yarmouth, 5 

 Nova Scotia, spring; 1976 



6. Vertical temperature sections for the Gulf of Maine between Bar Harbor, Maine, and Yarmouth, 6 

 Nova Scotia, summer 1976 



7. Vertical temperature sections for the Gulf of Maine between Bar Harbor, Maine, and Yarmouth, 7 

 Nova Scotia, autumn 1976 



8. Summer mean temperature sections (1940-66) for the Gulf of Maine between Bar Harbor, Maine, 7 

 and Yarmouth, Nova .Scotia 



9. Autumn mean temperature sections (1940-66) for the Gulf of Maine between Bar Harbor, Maine, 7 

 and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia 



10. Winter mean temperature sections (1940-66) for the Gulf of Maine between Bar Harbor, Maine, 8 

 and Yarmouth. Nova Scotia 



11. Spring mean temperature sections (1940-66) for the Gulf of Maine between Bar Harbor, Maine, 8 

 and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia 



12. Sea surface temperature at three locations (Fig. 1) across the Gulf of Maine, June 1975-November 8 

 1976 



13. Sea bottom temperature at three locations (Fig. 1) across the Gulf of Maine, June 1975-November 9 

 1976 



14. Sea surface salinity at three locations (Fig. 1) across the Gulf of Maine, June 1975-November 1976 9 



Table 



1. Dates of expendable bathythermograph observations from MV Bluenose between Bar Harbor, 

 Maine, and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia 1 



