in 1953. The temperature of this portion of the West Greenland 

 Current, however, remained fairly warm, so that on the basis of heat 

 transport and assumed constant mean temperatures of the contribu- 

 tary currents the Irminger Current contribution was about two-thu-ds 

 of its normal volume transport. j x? i 



From measurements made on samples collected m the Grand Banks 

 region in 1952 and from the section across the Labrador Sea m 1952 

 and 1953 it is concluded that the concentration of total phosphorus 

 is rouo-hly characteristic of water masses though of doubtful utility as 

 a tracCT of water masses. The distribution of phosphorus found m 

 the southern Labrador Sea has been described. 



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