Current Patterns and Distribution of River Waters in Inner Bristol Bay, Alaska
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The Special Scientific Report-Fisheries series was established in 1949. The serie carries reports on scientific investigation' that document long·term l'tlntinuing pTo1grams of :--'; MFS. or intensive scientific reports on studies of restricted scope. The reports may deal with applied fi hery rrnhlems The. erie. IS also used as a medIUm for the publtcatlOn of bibliographies of a speclaltzed scientific nature. :--';OAA Technical Reports ;>J :\[FS 'SRF a re available free in limited numbers to governmental agencle . both Federa l and State. T hey are also availAhle in e,chan,;e fur (,ther, cientific and technical publications in the marine sciences. Individual copIes may be obtained (unless otherwise nI.ted I CfIlm D!'\::fi. Technical Information Division . Envi ronmental Science InCormation Center. NOAA, Washington. D.C. 20235. Recent SSRFs are; fi49 Distrihullon of forage of skipjack tuna (Euthynnu$ pelamls) in the FiR!. A review of the literature on the development of skipjack tuna eastern rropical Pacific. By 1\laurice Blackburn and M ichael La urs. fishen es in the centra l and we tern Pacific Ocean . By Frank J. Hester .JanuaT\ 1972. iiI + Hi p .. 7 figs. 3 table. For a le bv t he Superintendent and Tamlo Olsu ..January 1973. III + 13 p., 1 fig . For sale by the lit Documents. \'.S Go\ernment Printing Office. \-Vashington. D.C Superintendent of Documents. .S . Government Printing Office. 20402 Washington . D .C'. 20402. Ii!)!). Effects of some antioxidants and EDTA on the development of ran· R62 Seasonal distribution of tunas and billfishes in the Atlantic. By Cldlty tn Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus morulatu .• ) d uring frozen .John P Wise a nd Cha rles W. Da\'is. ,January 1973, iv + 24 p .• 13 figs .. 4 st"rage By Rohert ~ Farragut. February 1972. I\' + 12 p .. 6 figs .. 12 tables. Por sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government t~"le,. 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Government Printing Office, ,- fl F,'r <,iI. h\ the "lIprrintendent I>f DIlcuments. U .. Go\'ernment Washinglon, D.C 20402. PTl~tlll': I )Ihce. \\'ashlll~lIIn. DC 20402 1\70. l lnharvE'. ted fi hes in the U.S . commercial fisher v of western Lake n ,",,,nl hpa,1 F'i-heTles Center blllllumenc c"de. P a rt I Fishl's. Erie 10 1969. By Harry D Van Meter. July 1973. iii +- 11 p., 6 figs., 6 H IT\l'\ R HII lis. ,'r . Rirhard B. Roe. and .Jud lth C. Gat lm Jul\' ta bles. For sale by the Superintendent of Documen ts. U.S. Government 1"-2 I + - p 2 IIgs. F"r SHit' b\' (he Superintenden t of D ocu men t~. Printing Office. Washington. D C. 20402. \ S (; )\"rnn ~nl Printing Olfiee. Washln/!ton. D.C 20402. " 71 Coastal upwelling indices, west coast of North America , 1946·71 til ( \ Ire h\\ ller'i"h ,·I~l'!rll·mllt1\at"r tFFE M )'lt"c h a r ac t e r i~ tl csa nd Bv Andrew Bakun ,June 1973. iv + 103 p., 6 fi gs .. 3 tables. 45 app. figs . 'pu 11" fh.J Im~' F Ellis ~nd Ch.lr1es C Hnll pes. :-.I m·ember 1972. iii For ,ale bv the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing ... 1\ t' 2 II,:: Offi cE' . Washington. 0 C 20402. NOAA Technical Report NMFS SSRF-713 Current Patterns and Distribution of River Waters in Inner Bristol Bay, Alaska Richard R. Straty June 1977 U.S. DEPARTM ENT OF COMMERCE Juanita M. Kreps, Secretary National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Robert M. White, Administrator National Marine Fisheries Service Robert W. Schoning, Director The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) does not approve, rec ommencl or endorse any proprietary product or proprietary material mentioned in this publication. No reference shall be made to N~1FS, or to this publication furnished by NMFS, in an~ advertising or sales pro motion which would indicate or imply that )\~lF approves, recommends or endorses any proprietary product or proprietary material mentioned herein, or which has as its purpose an intent to cause directly or indirectly the advertised product to be used or purchased because of this N~IFS publica tion. CONTENTS Page Introduction . 1 Background .. 1 Distribution of river waters 2 Determining salinity distribution 2 Dye studie ....... 3 Path of fluorescent dye . .. 3 hear lines .......... 8 Plotting river water from drift card 9 Synop i of di tribution of river waters 10 Tidal influence 12 Effect of wind 12 Summary 12 Literature cited . 13 Figures 1. Bri tol Bay, showing locations of principal river systems . 2 2. Vertical profiles of alinity at 16-km intervals, Bristol Bay, August 1966 3 3.