UNDERWATER OBSERVATION OF SUBLITTORAL OF THE BARENTS SEA (Podvodnye Nablyudeniya v Sublitorali Barentseva Morya),

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Abstract:

The findings of underwater investigations carried out in the Murman sublittoral of the Barents Sea are outlined. The applications and advantages of various types of diving suits for summer and winter seasons are pointed out. Also the use of still and motion picture cameras and the significance of the photographs in determining the littoral fauna and flora and their migrations are discussed. The investigations disclose the presence in the littoral of many warm-water species that have been brought by the Nordkapp current. Author

Author(s):
Propp, M. V.
Author Organization(s):
NAVAL OCEANOGRAPHIC OFFICE WASHINGTON D C
Supplementary Note:
Trans. of Akademiya Nauk SSSR. Okeanograficheskaya Komissiya. Trudy, v14 p73-75 1962, by M. Slessers. Also available as TT-64-19535.
Annotation:
Underwater observation of sublittoral of the Barents sea--Translation.
Pagination:
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Distribution:
Approved For Public Release

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Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
NOO-Trans-215
 Subject Terms
Communities of Interest:
No COI(s) Identified
Descriptor(s):
(*MARINE BIOLOGY, ARCTIC OCEAN), (*DIVING, *ARCTIC REGIONS), UNDERWATER PHOTOGRAPHY, AQUATIC ANIMALS, ECOLOGY, DISTRIBUTION, UNDERWATER CAMERAS, VISIBILITY, OCEAN CURRENTS, SPONGES, ECHINODERMATA, USSR
Field(s)/Group(s):
Biological Oceanography
Keyword(s):
BARENTS SEA, LITTORAL ZONE, TRANSLATIONS
Report Date:
1964 Jan 01