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SOND Cruise 1965 Biological sampling methods and procedures

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

P. Foxton
Affiliation:
National Institute of Oceanography, Wormley, Surrey, U.K.

Extract

Details are given of the nets used and the sampling procedures adopted to investigate patterns of vertical distribution in an oceanic pelagic fauna. Ancillary gear and laboratory methods are described. The paper concludes with a discussion of the limitations of the sampling.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1969

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