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Considerations on the Disposal of Radioactive Wastes From Nuclear-Powered Ships Into the Marine Environment (1959) / Chapter Skim
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Biological Significance of Various Parts of the Marine Environment
Pages 11-11

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... from the shore outward is a layer in which the water is mixed by various processes brought about by wind and seasonal changes of temperature. A sharp density gradient of considerable thickness separates this mixed layer from the water below, which is generally more stable; the density gradient constitutes a barrier which impedes exchange between the deeper water and the mixed layer.
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Key Terms

  • mixed layer
  • density gradient
  • deep sea
  • commercial species
  • marine environment

  • essential nursery
  • land mass
  • nursery ground
  • highly valued
  • sea beyond

  • valued game
  • portant oysters
  • gradient constitutes
  • biological significance
  • sharp density

  • submarine rim
  • nomic value
  • species range
  • nearshore environment
  • various physical

  • shelf live
  • considerable thickness
  • impedes exchange
  • species utilized
  • game fishes

  • thickness separates
  • range freely
  • outer continental
  • processes leading
  • water below


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