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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



The present report gives a general account of the planktonic communities 

 (animal and plant) of the open waters of the gulf outside the outer headlands (such 

 as must precede the intensive survey of the plankton of any region), with such 



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Fig. 3.— Locations of Grampus stations 10213 to 10263, July 19 to August 28, 1914. Stations where no tows were made are 



underlined 



notes on the occurrence of the more important groups and species as a preliminary 

 examination of the large amount of material collected has afforded. The plankton 

 of the many harbors and estuarine situations around the shore line of the gulf, and 

 within 1 to 5 miles of the land generally, is barely touched on. almost all our towing 



