CONTENTS 

 THE FAR EASTERN SEAS OF THE U.S.S.R. 



13. GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF FAR 



EASTERN SEAS AND OF ADJACENT PARTS 



OF PACIFIC OCEAN 675 



I. General characteristics 675 



ii. History of exploration 677 

 Ш. Physical geography of northwestern part of Pacific 



Ocean ■ 681 



iv. Composition of flora and fauna 700 

 v. Commercial importance of the Far Eastern Seas 738 



vi. Zoogeography of the Far Eastern Seas 744 



14. THE SEA OF JAPAN 750 



I. Physical geography 750 



II. Flora and fauna 756 



15. THE SEA OF OKHOTSK 783 



i. Physical geography 783 



п. Flora and fauna 788 



16. THE BERING SEA 818 



I. Physical geography 818 



n. Flora and fauna 827 



REFERENCES 843 



INDEXES 899 



