CONTENTS 



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Introduction 1 



Sampling schedule 2 



Methods 2 



Seasonal variation of oceanographic properties 4 



Temperature 4 



Salinity 4 



Dissolved oxygen 4 



Phosphate 5 



Silicate 5 



Chlorophyll a_ 5 



Transparency 5 



Circulation 5 



Tidal effects 11 



Surface currents 12 



Some effects of the surface currents 12 



Acknowledgments 15 



Literature cited 15 



