Trends in stratification on the inner Newfoundland Shelf : Tendances de la stratification dans la partie intérieure du plateau de Terre-Neuve

For instance, the dynamics of the spring bloom is believed to respond to the density structure of the water. [...] The effects of the recently adopted 1971-2000 reference period on the anomaly calculations of stratification and the mean annual stratification cycle are outlined. [...] By taking the quotient of difference in densities and the difference in the corresponding depths, the density gradient was obtained. [...] The trends in the salinity of the surface waters of the Scotian and Newfoundland shelves are so similar (Fig. [...] The stratification anomaly in 2001 is therefore the result of fresher and warmer than normal surface waters in the summer and fall.