. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. BIGELOW: EXPLOIL\TIONS OF THE COAST WATERS. 197 The salinity curves oflf southern Nova Scotia show the southward and westwaril expansion of comparatively fresh water off Shelburne, and the Salter tongue approaching the land off Halifax as clearly at 40 meters as on the surface (Fig. 18). There was no essential variation from this general distribution of salinity, i. e., freshest in the western part of the Gulf of Maine and off southern Nova Scotia, saltest over the continental slope, down to 57 ^ ) / / J. oH.
. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. Zoology. BIGELOW: EXPLOIL\TIONS OF THE COAST WATERS. 197 The salinity curves oflf southern Nova Scotia show the southward and westwaril expansion of comparatively fresh water off Shelburne, and the Salter tongue approaching the land off Halifax as clearly at 40 meters as on the surface (Fig. 18). There was no essential variation from this general distribution of salinity, i. e., freshest in the western part of the Gulf of Maine and off southern Nova Scotia, saltest over the continental slope, down to 57 ^ ) / / J. ^ Fig. 35. Salinity at 200 meters, July-August, 1914. 100 meters, except such as results from the enclosure of the basin of the Gulf by its southern rim (Fig. 34). And the influence of ocean water in the southeastern part of the Gulf, (), with its chief line of dispersal toward the northeastern corner, and thence westward along the coast of Maine, is as unmistakable on the 100 meter as on the 40 meter chart. The tongue of high salinity () off Halifax. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Harvard University. Museum of Comparative Zoology. Cambridge, Mass. : The Museum
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