20 DEPTHS OF THE OCEAN 



S.Ss. "Westmeath," " Roddam," "Volta," " Mirror," " Viking," 

 " Grappler," " Faraday," " Anglia," " Newington," " Henry 

 Holmes," "Cambria," "International," "Clan McNeil," 

 "Patrick Stewart," "Cruiser," " Colonia," "Magnet," etc. 



It is quite impossible in this brief review even to mention 

 the names of all the investigators and authors who have 

 during the past thirty years made important original contribu- 



Professor Ernst Haeckel 



tions to the science of oceanography. Among those who have 

 not taken an active part in extensive explorations and ex- 

 peditions, but whose influence on the development of the 

 Ernst science has been very great, the names of Ernst Haeckel 

 Haeckel. ^^^ Anton Dohm should be mentioned. Through his 

 voluminous publications on the radiolaria and on other marine 

 groups in ^the "Challenger" Reports, through his charming 

 Plankton-Studien, and through his more popular writings, 

 Haeckel has created a widespread interest in all marine 



