CONTENTS 



Page 



Introduction 1 



Procedures 1 



Results 2 



Louisiana offshore waters 2 



Texas offshore waters 3 



Literature cited 4 



Figures 



1 . Transects with stations occupied during the National Marine Fisheries Service's investigation of the 

 continental shelf waters of the northwestern Gulf of Mexico, 1963-65 2 



2. Temperature trends on surface and bottom waters over the continental shelf off Louisiana, 1963-65 3 



3. Salinity trends in surface and bottom waters over the continental shelf off Louisiana, 1963-65 3 



4. Temperature trends of surface and bottom waters over the continental shelf off Texas, 1963-65 3 



5. Salinity trends in surface and bottom waters over the continental shelf off Texas, 1963-65 . . 4 



Tables 



1. Monthly temperature and salinity observations at stations on transect 1, 1963 5 



2. Monthly temperature and salinity observations at stations on transect 2, 1963 6 



3. Monthly temperature and salinity observations at stations on transect 3, 1963-65 7 



4. Monthly temperature and salinity observations at stations on transect 4, 1963-65 9 



5. Monthly temperature and salinity observations at stations on transect 5, 1963-65 12 



6. Monthly temperature and salinity observations at stations on transect 6, 1963-65 14 



7. Monthly temperature and salinity observations at stations on transect 7, 1963-65 17 



8. Monthly temperature and salinity observations at stations on transect 8, 1963-65 20 



9. Monthly temperature and salinity observations at stations on transect 9, 1963-65 23 



10. Monthly temperature and salinity observations at stations on transect 10, 1963-65 25 



