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<p> We report the results of recent field measurements of seawater thermohaline structure and transparency carried out in early summer 2014 in Puck Bay. Near-bottom, less saline waters occurred almost in the entire study area. Their occurrence in the shallow part of Puck Bay was accompanied by an increase in the seawater transparency. The most likely explanation of these observations is a submarine fresh groundwater discharge.</p>
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We report the results of recent field measurements of seawater thermohaline structure and transparency carried out in early summer 2014 in Puck Bay. Near-bottom, less saline waters occurred almost in the entire study area. Their occurrence in the shallow part of Puck Bay was accompanied by an increase in the seawater transparency. The most likely explanation of these observations is a submarine fresh groundwater discharge.

Observations of presumable groundwater seepage occurrence in Puck Bay (the Baltic Sea)

Oceanological and Hydrobiological Studies

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We report the results of recent field measurements of seawater thermohaline structure and transparency carried out in early summer 2014 in Puck Bay....

Observations of presumable groundwater seepage occurrence in Puck Bay (the Baltic Sea)

Publié en ligne: 05 juin 2015

Pages: 267 - 272

Reçu: 10 déc. 2014

Accepté: 17 févr. 2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ohs-2015-0025

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