Title Long-term mean salinity in the Curonian Lagoon in 1993-2005
Translation of Title Vidutinis daugiametis Kuršių marių vandens druskingumas 1993-2005 m.
Authors Dailidienė, Inga ; Davulienė, Lina
DOI 10.1080/13921657.2007.10512829
Full Text Download
Is Part of Acta zoologica Lituanica.. Vilnius : Ekologijos institutas. 2007, vol. 17, no. 2, p. 172-181.. ISSN 1392-1657. eISSN 1648-6919
Keywords [eng] long-term mean salinity ; marine water intrusions ; Curonian Lagoon ; Klaipėda Strait
Abstract [eng] Water salinity and its variations in time and space in the Curonian Lagoon during the last decades are fractionally described. Spatial and temporal water salinity variations in the Curonian Lagoon with regard to marine water intrusions from the Baltic Sea were analysed on the basis of the data on water salinity measured in the Curonian Lagoon during the last decade (1993-2005). Data analysis showed that then umber of days per year with salinity higher than 0.15%o in the central part of the Curonian Lagoon was highly variable. However, years with surface water salinity not higher than 0.5%o prevailed in the period under investigation. It is important to note that a lack of salinity measurements in the near bottom layer ofthe Curonian Lagoon limits our knowledge of marine water intrusions and, therefore, may lead to an underestimation of mean salinity values in the northern and central parts of the Curonian Lagoon.
Published Vilnius : Ekologijos institutas
Type Journal article
Language English
Publication date 2007