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Table 1 : Salinity of sea water samples [practical salinity unit] in the North Sea. 
Cruise 
GA402 
GA405 
WH261 
GA419 
GA425 
GA432 
Station 
May 03 
Jul 03 
Feb 04 
May 04 
Jul 04 
Jan 05 
T30/BL2/EIDER 
28.07 
29.08 
29.80 
29.48 
T9/LTIEF 
29.67 
30.09 
30.74 
31.03 
T4/NSB2 
34.39 
34.53 
34.46 
STADE 
< 2 
< 2 
< 2 
T27 
33.42 
T36 
31.73 
T34 
32.55 
MEDEM 
ca. 15 
SYLT1 
31.36 
32.21 
SYLT2 
32.71 
31.92 
ENTE3 
35.04 
NEFB 
34.43 
34.43 
34.76 
UFSDB 
32.58 
33.11 
AMRU2 
31.77 
BRIFF 
32.03 
32.89 
ELBE1 
31.53 
NSB3 
33.44 
ENTE1 
URST1 
34.82 
32.17 
URST5 
34.77 
HELG 
29.64 
11 
33.65 
12 
34.39 
14 
34.57 
29 
35.02 
33 
34.68 
40 
28.22 
46 
35.07 
51 
WH/37 
29.76 
34.5 
WH/39 
34.5 
WH/42 
32.5 
WH/43 
30.0 
WH/49 
31.0 
WH/47 
33.5 
WH/44 
34.5 
WH/50 
34.5 
WH/52 
33.5 
WH/54 
32.0 
WH/56 
34.0 
WH/58 
32.0