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The neuston net A device for sampling the surface fauna of the ocean

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

P. M. David
P. M. David
Affiliation:
National Institute of Oceanography, Wormley, Surrey
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Extract

An apparatus for sampling the fauna of the uppermost 10 cm of the sea is described. The net is designed to fish at speeds of 5–6 knots in undisturbed water to one side of a ship. A preliminary account is given of the catches made with the net in the Indian Ocean.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 45 , Issue 2 , June 1965 , pp. 313 - 320
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1965

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