Trends in salinity across the Southern Bight of the North Sea over the last decade
| Position | 1994 | 1995 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 4 | |
| 1 | -0.2 | -0.2 | 0.5 | 0.4 | -0.3 | -0.2 | -0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | ||
| 2 | -0.2 | -0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | -0.1 | 0.0 | -0.5 | -0.1 | -0.3 | 0.1 | 3 | |
| 3 | -0.2 | -0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.4 | 0.0 | -0.2 | 0.1 | ||
| 4 | -0.1 | -0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | -0.3 | -0.1 | -0.2 | 0.1 | 2 | |
| 5 | -0.1 | -0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | -0.2 | -0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | ||
| 6 | -0.1 | -0.5 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | -0.2 | -0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 1 | |
| 7 | 0.1 | -0.8 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | -0.2 | -0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | ||
| 8 | -0.1 | -1.9 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.3 | -0.1 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 0 | |
| 9 | 2.0 | -0.6 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 1.6 | 4.2 | 3.8 | ||
| To allow comparisons between datasets, anomalies are presented. | -1 | |||||||||||
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