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Title: Marine farming the coastal zone: chemical and hydrographic considerations

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OSTI ID:6301626

Hydrographic and marine chemical observations are reported in the vicinity of a pilot-scale kelp farm (0.1 hectare) that depends on artificial upwelling of nutrients in the Southern California Bight. Measurements of temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, phosphate, nitrate, silicate, and trace metals (Cu and Ni) were made from January 1979 to June 1980 as close as practicable to the facility moored near the 500-m isobath about 10 km SSW of Corona del Mar, California. The hydrographic results complemented the historical record of conditions in the bight and disclosed severa

OSTI ID:
6301626
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English