DISTRIBUTION OF ANTARCTIC MACROPLANKTON 



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respect of its plankton population, into two regions : the eastern part which contains 

 a thin plankton, and the western part which normally has a rich plankton. The quantity 

 of plankton in the western part seems liable to vary very much from place to place, but 

 its composition seems to be quite uniform. 



Table XII. Bellingshausen Sea 



Various other stations have been worked in the eastern part of the Bellingshausen 

 Sea, the most important of which are those taken by the ' Discovery II' in a line running 

 north-westwards from Adelaide Island (Sts. 583-97, including stations on return 

 journey). The numbers of the principal species taken are shown in Table XIII. 



Table XIII. Off Adelaide Island 



