Oceanography

OCEANOGRAPHY is a discipline that applies the basic principles of biology, chemistry, geology and physics to the study of oceans. The oceanography of the BC coast is complex and only partially understood because studies only began in the early 1950s when pioneer researchers such as J.P. TULLY started their work. The water characteristics on the West Coast, such as temperature, salinity, dissolved oxygen, currents and waves, are influenced by distant events. The mild climate is influenced by the...

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