CONTENTS. 



III. 



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Ilydioiiraphy. 



A. ObsiM-v;itions on the Nortlieni Coast and in tlie Noitlieni Fiords H 



B. Remarks on the Observations. 



a. Tlie Vest Fiord and the Coast Sea 10 



b. The Fiords 13 



c. Hydrographical Characteristic of tlie Fiords of Northern Norway 19 



Plankton. 



.\. Tlio gre«t«j; Forms of animal Plankton. 



a. Plankton stations 1899—1900 23 



b. Phxnkton Tables 25 



c. Remarks on some Plankton Forms 37 



B. Protistplankton. 



a. Planklon Tables 49 



b. Remarks on the Plankton 87 



The species found in Plankton and their Distribution (prin- 

 cipally in the nearest Seas) and Remarks on the new ard 



ciitical Forms 90 



I. BaciUariales 90 



II. Peridiniales 108 



III Pterospermataceae 113 



IV Halosphaeraceae 113 



V. Flagellata 113 



VI. Silicofiagellata 113 



VII. Radiolaria 114 



(Phylogeny of the Nassellaria) 123 



VIII. Tintinnodea 142 



Errata et Addenda 146 



Bibliogiaphy 147 



Index 149 



Bottom-Life. 



A. Results of dredgings. 



a. Dredging Statioi.s. 1899—1900 155 



b. Outcome of Dredgings 156 



Porifera 156 



Hydrozoa 156 



Scyphozoa 158 



Anthozoa 158 



Ci inoidea 159 



0|ihiiiri.>id,.a 159 



IV. 



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Asteroidea 1 60 



Ec)iinoidea KiO 



Holothurioidea 16i 



Nemertinea 161 



Annelida 161 



Gephyrea 164 



Bryozoa or Polyzoa 164 



Braohiopoda 174 



Pelecypoda 174 



Scaphopoda 1 78 



Placophora 178 



Gastropoda 1 7S 



Nudibrancliiata 181 



Cephalopoda 1 82 



Crnstacea 182 



Pantopoda 189 



Tunicata . , 189 



Pisces 190 



B. Bottom Samples. 



a. Foraminifera 192 



b. Diatoms in Bottom Samples from Lofoten and Vesteraalen. 



By E. Jørgensen 195 



General remarks on the character of the bottom diatom flora 220 



Index 222 



Combination of Hydrographical and Biological Facts. 



A. The natural Conditions of the Fiords. 



a. Topographical Notes 229 



b. Hydrographical Notes 231 



c. Biological Notes 234 



Notes on the Animal Life in some of the Fiords examined . 235 



The northernmost Lophohelia-reef, liitherto known 239 



A few Words on the Fauna in Clay 241 



Remarks on the Fauna of the Ocean Banks 242 



Shallow-water shells found at great depths 242 



Fauna and Hydrography 243 



Further Remarks on Plankton 244 



B. The Investigations considered from a practical point of view. 



a. Some Invertebrates of Economic Importance 245 



b. The ,,Skrei^ Fishery in Lofoten L'47 



c. Some Remarks on the Cod-fishery in Finmark £53 



