EVIDENCE FOR TIDAL UPWELLING ACROSS THE SILL OF AMBON BAY

Temperature observations across the sill of Ambon Bay in August 1982 and a model suggest that during the upwelling season of the south east monsoon tidal upwelling on the flood tide can suck thermocline water up the outer slope of the sill from a depth of 50 to 80 m. The water enters over the 10 m sill and replaces the bottom water in the inner part of Ambon Bay

DISTRIBUTION AND ABUNDANCE OF MAJOR ZOOPLANKTON GROUPS IN AMBON BAY (MALUKU, INDONESIA) DURING A SALP SWARMING, WITH NOTES ON CHAETOGNATHA AND PTEROPODA SPECIES

Eight zooplankton samples from several stations along a line from the inner to the outermost part of Ambon Bay were studied. In the samples from the Inner Bay, the salp Thalia sibogae SOEST outnumbers all other groups. The competition for food is responsible for relatively low numbers of these groups. At the Outer Bay stations the Copepoda is by far the most abundant group.TGraphs indicating the numbers of specimens per m3 of each of the seventeen groups are given for three groups of stations, of which the central one appeared to be the richest.The Chaetognatha, Pteropoda, and oblong fish eggs were identified. Oxygen and reactive phosphorus are presumed to be more connected with differences in planktonic life in Ambon Bay than temperature and salinity.Because of the importance of the live-bait fishery, and the threat of increasing pollution, a call in made for more extensive surveys