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THE severe frost in the winter of 1939–40, some details of which were recorded in NATURE (145, 376; 1940), caused great destruction of oysters on the Thames Estuary oyster beds. Temperature readings in the Blackwater showed that the water reached 0° C. on January 1, and remained at about this level until February 19. Ice began to form on January 17, eventually forming floes which persisted for a month. Thick ice blocks were formed earlier in the shallow water of Whitstable (see accompanying illustration).
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ORTON, J. Effect of the Severe Frost of the Winter of 1939–40 on the Fauna of the Essex Oyster Beds. Nature 145, 708–709 (1940). https://doi.org/10.1038/145708a0
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