PLANKTON OF THE GULF OF MAINE 



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having been done well out at sea; and when this is studied the communities will no 

 doubt prove quite different from those of the open gulf, with neritic forms domi- 

 nating instead of oceanic, and with larval forms of various parentage playing a far 



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Fig. 4.— Locations of Grampus stations 10266 to 10339, May 4 to October 27, 1915. Stations where no tows were made are 



underlined 



more important role. This is touched upon later. Fish eggs and larval fishes 

 are not included because they have been already discussed in the first part of this 

 volume. 2 



' Fishes of the Gulf of Maine (Bigelow and Welsh, 1925). 



