PROCEDURES 



Sections 



There are 16 sections as estab- 

 lished from the pattern of east-west 

 lines of stations (fig. 1). These are 

 named and composed of stations as 

 established in the individual cruise 

 reports and shown in tables 2 to 14. 



Areas 



The region is divided into three 

 areas--southern, central, andnorthern. 

 Each area is split into three sub- 

 areas: inner shelf, which extends gen- 

 erally from the beaches seaward to 

 about 15 fathoms; outer shelf, from 

 about 15 fathoms seaward to about 100 

 fathoms; and offshore, mostly in the 

 Gulf Streann. This is illustrated in 

 figure Z, together with the stations 

 comprising each sub-area. 



Data from the special stations and 

 standard station are excluded from this 

 division and are presented separately. 



Seasons 



Four general seasons are ap- 

 plied--winter (Cruises 1 and 5), spring 

 (Cruises 2 and 6), summer (Cruises 

 3, 7, and 8), and fall (Cruises 4 and 9). 



General 



Temperature data used in com- 

 pilation of the various tables were the 

 interpolated and calculated data from 

 the nine Gill cruise reports. 



Basic temperatures are given to 

 the hundredth of a degree, and aver- 

 ages to the nearest tenth of a degree. 



No data below 1,000 meters stand- 

 ard depth are included--such were 

 available on only a few stations. 



Profiles of the sections, by cruise, 

 were published in the individual cruise 

 reports . 



Average surface water tennpera- 

 tures for the four seasons, and for 



areas near the special stations and 

 standard station, are shown in figures 

 3 to 6. 



LITERATURE CITED 



ANDERSON, WILLIAM W., JACK W. 



GEHRINGER, AND EDWARD COHEN. 

 1956a. Physical oceanographic, bio- 

 logical, and chemical data, south 

 Atlantic coast of the United 

 States, M/V Theodore N. Gill 

 Cruise 1. U.S. Fish and Wild- 

 life Service, Special Scientific 

 Report--Fisheries No. 178, 160 

 p., 15 figs. 



1956b. Physical oceanographic, bio- 

 logical, and chemical data, south 

 Atlantic coast of the United 

 States, M/V Theodore N. Gill 

 Cruise 2. U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

 Service, Special Scientific Re- 

 port--Fisheries No. 198, 270 p., 

 20 figs. 



ANDERSON, WILLIAM W., AND JACK 



GEHRINGER 



1957a. Physical oceanographic, bio- 

 logical, and chemical data, south 

 Atlantic coast of the United 

 States, m/V Theodore N. Gill 

 Cruise 3. U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

 Service, Special Scientific Re- 

 port--Fisheries No. 210, 208 p., 

 19 figs. 



1957b. Physical oceanographic, bio- 

 logical, and chemical data, south 

 Atlantic coast of the United 

 States, m/v Theodore N. Gill 

 Cruise 4. U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

 Service, Special Scientific Re- 

 port--Fisheries No. 234, 192p., 

 19 figs. 



1958a. Physical oceanographic, bio- 

 logical, and chemical data, south 

 Atlantic coast of the United 

 States, M/V Theodore N. Gill 

 Cruise 5. U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

 Service, Special Scientific Re- 

 port--Fisheries No. 248, 220 p., 

 18 figs. 



