Drift-Bottle Experiments in the Quoddy Region, Bay of Fundy
- 1 June 1960
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada
- Vol. 17 (6) , 743-762
- https://doi.org/10.1139/f60-063
Abstract
In conjunction with the research program of the International Passamaquoddy Fisheries Board, approximately 10,000 drift bottles were released in the Quoddy Region of the Bay of Fundy in 1957 and 1958. Overall return of bottles was 25%. Results have been analyzed and surface drift inferred on monthly and seasonal bases. On the average, there is a counter-clockwise circulation in Passamaquoddy Bay, an outflow through Western Passage, a variable flow in Letite Passage, an outflow on the Campobello side and an inflow along the Deer Island side of Head Harbour Passage. In the outer Quoddy Region, there is evidence of a clockwise circulation around The Wolves, a variable flow in Grand Manan Channel, and a southerly movement off the east coast of Grand Manan Island.Wind speed and direction, which vary seasonally, appear very effective in altering the pattern of drift.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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