Channel Islands NMS were available to include in the CA NMS average. 
California non-NMS locations had the highest mean bottom-water temperature, 
resulting from the facts that many of the measurements were obtained within the 
Southern California Bight and that temperature data for NMSs in California were 
from more northerly locations exclusive of the Channel Islands NMS. 
Figure 3.2.1. Distribution of surface salinity values for the West Coast Shelf 
sampling area, June 2003. 
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