Hydrography and distribution of chaetognaths over the continental shelf off North Carolina 1 05 



Table II 

 The distribution of chaetognaths by station during Atlantis Cruise 1 96 Species arranged 

 m approximate series with respect to salinity, those which normally occur in coastal 

 water on the left. Figures indicate number per 10 cubic metres of water strained 



* One hundred fathom contour lies between this station and the nc\t. 



Sagitio hispida is an inshore species which was taken at Stations 182. 5133, 5141 in water with a 

 salinity of 31 to 35°/oo- No specimens were collected as far offshore as the ten-fathom lino. Other 

 records (Pierce, 1951) indicate that this species is present in bays and at points close to shore south 

 of Cape Hatteras. 



Sagitta minima was taken many miles on either side of the continental slope (Fig. 12). It was not 

 taken at the stations within the ten-fathom curve or at the stations farthest in the Florida Current. 



