A Contribution to the knowledge of the structure and composition of the water masses off eastern Philippines / Teodoro G. Megia and D.V. Villadolid.

By:

Megia, Teodoro G

Contributor(s):

Villadolid, D.V [author]

Material type: Article

ArticlePublisher: Quezon City, Philippines : Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources, 1953Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISSN:

2672-2836 (Online)

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Online access

In: Philippines. The Philippine Journal of Fisheries Volume 2, Issue no. 1 (January - June 1953), page 61 - 71Abstract: The water masses found in the Eastern Philippines have been classified into three distinct bodies based 011 temperature-salinity relationship, namely, the Western North Pacific Central, water, the Pacific Equatorial water, and the North Pacific Intermediate water. However, the North Pacific Intermediate water mass has been excluded from this analysis because its temperature-salinity relationships are not as clear cut as those of the first two and its position in the water column is such that it vitiates the determination of percentage composition. The westerly North Pacific Equatorial Current carries these water masses into the waterways and inland seas of the Philippines, either directly or indirectly through the South China Sea to the west or the Celebes Sea to the South. An analysis then of the structure and composition of these water masses prior to their entry into the fishing areas of the Philippines will fill the need for understanding the physical factors that define the normal patterns of marine ecology of these fishing grounds. The importance of this knowledge is, therefore, fundamental to fisheries investigations in the Philippines.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Vol info	Status	Date due	Barcode
Journal Article	NFRDI Central Office NFRDI KMRC Indexed Materials Collection	Electronic		Volume 2, Issue no. 1 (January - June 1953), page 61 - 71	Available		IMC000014
Journal	NFRDI Central Office NFRDI KMRC Institutional Repository Collection	Electronic	SH 1 .B9524 1953 vol. 2 no. 1 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Volume 2, No. 1 (January - June 1953)	Available		IRC00003

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The water masses found in the Eastern Philippines have been classified into three distinct bodies based 011 temperature-salinity relationship, namely, the Western North Pacific Central, water, the Pacific Equatorial water, and the North Pacific Intermediate water. However, the North Pacific Intermediate water mass has been excluded from this analysis because its temperature-salinity relationships are not as clear cut as those of the first two and its position in the water column is such that it vitiates the determination of percentage composition. The westerly North Pacific Equatorial Current carries these water masses into the waterways and inland seas of the Philippines, either directly or indirectly through the South China Sea to the west or the Celebes Sea to the South. An analysis then of the structure and composition of these water masses prior to their entry into the fishing areas of the Philippines will fill the need for understanding the physical factors that define the normal patterns of marine ecology of these fishing grounds. The importance of this knowledge is, therefore, fundamental to fisheries investigations in the Philippines.

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