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The Nansen closing method with vertical plankton nets

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

R. I. Currie  and
P. Foxton
R. I. Currie
Affiliation:
National Institute of Oceanography, Wormley, Surrey
P. Foxton
Affiliation:
National Institute of Oceanography, Wormley, Surrey
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Several methods have been devised for sampling plankton in the different water layers in the ocean, but for many years vertically hauled nets closed by a method devised by Nansen (1915) have fulfilled this purpose. Recently, however, an investigation by Barnes (1949) cast doubt on the validity of this method for quantitative work, and as in his paper he specifically referred to nets of the type used on the ‘Discovery’ Expeditions, the present observations were conducted to determine whether Barnes's findings were of general application to the method.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 35 , Issue 3 , October 1956 , pp. 483 - 492
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1956

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