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Copepods were most numerous, per square meter (70,000) over a 

 V-shaped region, with one arm extending from Cape Cod toward 

 Penobscot Bay, the other to the northern part of Georges Bank; 

 off Cape Sable; in the extreme northeast corner of the basin of the 

 Gulf; and south of Marthas Vineyard (Fig. 94), with maxima off 

 Cape Cod, off Cape Sable, and in the Northern Channel (Stations 



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Fig. 94. — Copepods, per square meter of sea area, July-August 1914. 

 6, very rich 150,000 + 



4, rich 70,000-150,000 • 



3, intermediate 20,000-70,000 

 1, scanty less than 20,000 



10213, 10243, 10229). But there were very few copepods in the 

 extreme northeastern corner of the Gulf; in the oceanic water south 

 of Georges Bank; in the Eastern Channel and southeastern part of 

 the Gulf; or in the waters southwest of Halifax; and distribution of 

 copepods, on the basis of numbers per cubic meter was practically 



