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Observations on the Distribution of Plankton Animal Indicators made on Col. E. T. Peel's yacht “St. George” in the Mouth of the English Channel, July, 1935

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

F. S. Russell
F. S. Russell
Affiliation:
Naturalist at the Plymouth Laboratory.
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In July, 1935, a cruise was made in Col. E. T. Peel's yacht St. George to study the distribution of certain plankton animal indicators in the mouth of the English Channel.

Three bodies of water were clearly shown by their plankton content:

(1) water characterised by the presence of Sagitta elegans, Clione, Themisto graclipes, Euphausian larvæ, Stephanomia and Aglantha; (2) Biscay water, on this occasion characterised by Noctiluca and a paucity of zooplankton; and (3) Channel water characterised by the presence of Sagitta setosa and absence of other indicators.

It has been shown that the study of certain plankton animals should prove of help in understanding the hydrography of the Channel mouth region.

Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 20 , Issue 3 , March 1936 , pp. 507 - 522
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1936

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