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    Cold Water Upwellings Cover Gulf of Oman Coral Reefs NJ Quinn D Johnson 1996

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    cold water upwellings cover Gutf of oman coral 32 reefs Using a programmable unrlerwatet temperaturc recorcler (Hu-erun s.f. brand). hoully sea water tempcratures were recorclJanuary reel (Fig 1)..rhe temperature ranged fr.m to 30.2 "c to 22,8 'C. Daily temperature fructuatio.r ,p t. n.+ :*:li*":^,+:rjijilTfr.i l:,:*':'l:9i11"ro-*j-;i;o.;;;;;lito-to23 .c;;;;;;;ffi FAHAL ISLAND, OMAN .11 M 9 October 1990 - 22 January JU 1 irtijtr;'b*;;;L!il"" 99i ll*4ilil 8za c) il,1ilJ,41,r, ,,,fl*^*^ l

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    cold water upwellings cover Gutf of oman coral 32 reefs Using a programmable unrlerwatet temperaturc recorcler (Hu-erun s.f. brand). hoully sea water tempcratures were recorclJanuary reel (Fig 1)..rhe temperature ranged fr.m to 30.2 "c to 22,8 'C. Daily temperature fructuatio.r ,p t. n.+ :*:li*":^,+:rjijilTfr.i l:,:*':'l:9i11"ro-*j-;i;o.;;;;;lito-to23 .c;;;;;;;ffi FAHAL ISLAND, OMAN .11 M 9 October 1990 - 22 January JU 1 irtijtr;'b*;;;L!il"" 99i ll*4ilil 8za c) il,1ilJ,41,r, ,,,fl*^*^ l

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    cold water upwellings cover Gutf of oman coral 32 reefs Using a programmable unrlerwatet temperaturc recorcler (Hu-erun s.f. brand). hoully sea water tempcratures were recorclJanuary reel (Fig 1)..rhe temperature ranged fr.m to 30.2 "c to 22,8 'C. Daily temperature fructuatio.r ,p t. n.+ :*:li*":^,+:rjijilTfr.i l:,:*':'l:9i11"ro-*j-;i;o.;;;;;lito-to23 .c;;;;;;;ffi FAHAL ISLAND, OMAN .11 M 9 October 1990 - 22 January JU 1 irtijtr;'b*;;;L!il"" 99i ll*4ilil 8za c) il,1ilJ,41,r, ,,,fl*^*^ l

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    cold water upwellings cover Gutf of oman coral 32 reefs Using a programmable unrlerwatet temperaturc recorcler (Hu-erun s.f. brand). hoully sea water tempcratures were recorclJanuary reel (Fig 1)..rhe temperature ranged fr.m to 30.2 "c to 22,8 'C. Daily temperature fructuatio.r ,p t. n.+ :*:li*":^,+:rjijilTfr.i l:,:*':'l:9i11"ro-*j-;i;o.;;;;;lito-to23 .c;;;;;;;ffi FAHAL ISLAND, OMAN .11 M 9 October 1990 - 22 January JU 1 irtijtr;'b*;;;L!il"" 99i ll*4ilil 8za c) il,1ilJ,41,r, ,,,fl*^*^ l

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    cold water upwellings cover Gutf of oman coral reefs

    Using a programmable unrlerwatet temperaturc recorcler (Hu-erun s.f. brand).


    hoully sea water tempcratures were recorcl-
    :*:li*":^,+:rjijilTfr.i l:,:*':'l:9i11"ro-*j-;i;o.;;;;;lito-to23
    .c;;;;;;;ffi
    ture ranged fr.m to 30.2 "c to 22,8 'C. Daily temperature fructuatio.r ,p
    t. n.+
    January reel (Fig 1)..rhe tempera-
    irtijtr;'b*;;;L!il""
    32 November lgg0.These
    shifts in telnperature
    FAHAL ISLAND, OMAN .11 were almost immediate
    M
    9 October 1990 - 22 January 1 99i as the turbid thermo-
    ciine passed over the
    JU coral comnlunity. This
    daily varialioa was clo-
    se to the annual tempe-
    ll*4ilil rature range. Strong
    8za il,1ilJ,41,r, ,,,fl*^*^ daytime offshore winds
    c) l' sometimes bxieedirg
    3 3{)knots oc€ured almost
    E daily from early Octo-
    c)
    o_ '1ffi{l' ber lo early November.
    E2A
    e-- I
    These winds pushed
    ihe warm, clear surface
    water offshore which
    was repiaced by cold,
    zc turbid watei. The cold
    water intrusions showed
    il a diurnal periodicity
    corresponding to the
    strength of the wind.
    Highest wirid speeds
    05-Nov 29-Dec 25-Jan occured during the day
    and the lowest at night.
    The inlrusions lasted for
    a maximum of i5 hours
    each day.The thermo-
    cline was obvious while
    diving because of the
    temperature differential
    and the extreme change
    in turbidity. The warm
    water had a horizontal
    visibility of about 15 m,
    while the cold water
    was brown and horizon-
    tal visibility was less
    than 2 m.The exlreme
    thermal changes did not
    result in any short-term.
    large-scale mortalities
    to the Poritei sp. domi-
    nated coral communitv.
    Tiopical fish,were
    observed leaving their
    shelters in coral heads
    and swimming in lront
    of the progressing ther-
    mal wave. (Fig.2)

    N.J. Quinn. D.W. Johnson


    Fisheries Science and Technology Department, Sultan Qaboos University, Sultanate of
    Onan
    Present adt{resseo-:
    N{:9:1"..Biology Deparrment, University of rhe Sourh pacific. Suva, Fiji
    D.W. Johnson. Narural Resource Consulta;ts. 1296 E 4400N. guht. Ioaio',s::tn

    Rcc#sflG@s Coral Reefs (1996) 15:214

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