CONTENTS 



Page 



Introduction 1 



Areas of study 1 



Data acquisition and processing 1 



Discussion ' 1 



Transect analysis 2 



Gulf of Mexico 2 



Loop Current 2 



Eddies 2 



Caribbean Current 2 



Western North Atlantic 2 



Gulf Stream 2 



Cold cell 3 



Shelf Water-Slope Water Front 3 



Acknowledgments 3 



Literature cited 3 



Figures 3 



Figures 



1. Delta Argentina, 7211, stations 14-22, 1-2 January 1973 4 



2. Gulf Shipper, 7302, stations 1-22, 12-15 February 1973 5 



3. Gulf Shipper, 7304, stations 1-15, 20-24 April 1973 6 



4. Gulf Trader, 7308, stations 1-29, 1-2 August 1973 7 



5. Gulf Trader, 7310, stations 1-21, 14-15 October 1973 8 



6. Delta Norte, 7311, stations 1-20, 3-5 November 1973 9 



7. Mormac Argo, 7305, stations 1-13, 12-13 May 1973 10 



8. Mormac Argo, 7305, stations 28-14, 17-18 June 1973 11 



9. Mormac Rigel, 7311, stations 1-19, 1 November 1973 12 



10. Mormac Argo, 7311, stations 1-17, 5 November 1973 13 



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