Water Characteristics of Dongonab Bay, Sudanese Red Sea By

Water Characteristics of Dongonab Bay, Sudanese
Red Sea
By
Osman Mohamed Farah
Red Sea Fisheries Section, P.O. Box 730, Potrsudan, Sudan
Abstract
Surfaa water tmlpt.NtI.Te, p!Jl, tlissofud oven.. nutrients atuf fiafJt pemtnUilm tU ‘DonfJ0na6 viIfotIe siu
Wue ~ fromSepum6er 1974 to 14.lIfJIISe1975. ‘]Msurfaa wtUer umperature ranad 6et1llUn20 ·C
atuf J2·5 ·C ‘uritttJ JQ1&umyatuf July TUpUtiflUy. ‘]M Water umperruun fofiqwuf sUJStmaUty ‘UJit1i. no nul·
tIm rise orfall. ‘]M surfaa water was super:saturcuu{ ‘UJit1i. iisso{flt4 t»tJJBC1’ tIiT. out tIU year ~Ulf/
o1(JJ8mtfepfetitm oysur mortality cause. ‘IFIe p:H ‘Was alnwse umstant tfITOUfIfwu.ttlie yuz.r at 8.62 ± 0.0s.
?(p.trimts ‘Werefoun4 in Ii.iefJconcourasions. ‘Water was li.ielify tur6i1l iurine mortaU.ty SUJS(Jn(‘.ManfJ.’.May)
sUfJ8tsting a corrdation 6et’UlUrl oystu mortaU.ty ani SIlSpuuki rtUlttu concenttation.