CONTENTS 



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Oceanography of the Weddell Sea in 1 969 ( I WSOE ) 1 



Introduction 1 



IWSOE '69 Programs 1 



University of Bergen 1 



University of Minnesota 1 



University of California, Los Angeles 1 



U.S. Coast Guard Oceanographic Unit 2 



Station Procedure 2 



Data Acquisition and Initial Analysis 2 



Temperature Data 2 



Salinity Determination 3 



Oxygen and pH 3 



Nutrient Analysis 3 



Salinity-Temperature-Depth System 3 



Bottom Photography 4 



Results of Analysis 4 



Bibliogi-aphy 5 



Illustrations 6 



Explanation of Oceanographic Station Data 



Table of Oceanographic Data (IWSOE '69) 



Illustrations 



Figure 



Frontispiece: USCGC GLACIER (WAGB-4) ii 



1. Hydrographic Station Locations _ - 6 



2. Vertical Distribution of Temperature (°C) During IWSOE 69 _ _ 7 



3. Vertical Distribution of Salinity (%„) During IWSOE 69 7 



4. Vertical Distribution of Dissolved Oxygen (ml/L) During IWSOE 69 _ 8 



5. Vertical Distribution of Preformed Phosphate (^ig-at/1) 



During IWSOE 69 8 



6. Vertical Distribution of Preformed Nitrate (^ig-at/l) During 



IWSOE 69 9 



TABLE 



I. Summary of the Data Collected at each Station 3 



II. Mean Characteristics of Water Masses Present in Weddell Sea 



in 1969 4 



III. Table of Oceanographic Data (IWSOE 69) 10 



