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NOAA/NMFS Unallied Science Project, Cooperative Agreement NA16FL2264 May 2005<br />

<str<strong>on</strong>g>Smooth</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Bottom</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Net</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Trawl</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Fishing</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Gear</str<strong>on</strong>g> <str<strong>on</strong>g>Effect</str<strong>on</strong>g> <strong>on</strong> the Seabed:<br />

Investigati<strong>on</strong> of Temporal and Cumulative <str<strong>on</strong>g>Effect</str<strong>on</strong>g>s BKAM/CR<br />

• Water column salinities ranging from 31 to 33 ppt over the study period, and slightly<br />

lower salinities near the surface during the summer.<br />

• Dissolved oxygen levels generally slightly higher in the surface waters compared to the<br />

bottom water and highest in the summer.<br />

• Low turbidity throughout the water column during the study period with some slightly<br />

higher readings within 10 ft of the bottom and mid-thermocline.<br />

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