PHYTOPLANKTON FROM THE SEA AROUND THE 



FÆROES 



BY 



C. H. OSTENFELD. 



The plankton-material at hånd from the sea around the Færoes 

 (viz. 91 samples) is rather eonsiderable. It was obtained as 

 follows : — 



1. In the years 1897 — 1901, under the supervision of Admiral 

 C. F. Wandel, samples of plankton were gathered in the North 

 Atlantic from on board the packet -boats to the Færoes -Iceland. 

 Only the gatherings from the years 1897—99 have been published 1 . 

 From these publications I have taken the lists of the plankton con- 

 tained in the samples collected near the Færoes. As regards the 

 samples from the hvo last years, 1900 — 1901, about which nothing 

 has been published, I have had opportunity of examining those 

 gathered around the Færoes. — From these gatherings there are 

 33 samples in all. 



2. In the years 1898 — 99 the Swedish Hydrographical Commis- 

 sion consisting of Prof. P. T. Cleve, O. Pettersson and G. Ek- 

 man began an investigation of the waters of the Atlantic as far as 

 temperature, salinity and surface-plankton were concerned. Besides 

 the gatherings made from on board steamers crossing the ocean, 

 material was also collected at short intervals from several stations 

 on land, e. g. from Thorshavn. Prof. P. T. Cleve has examined all the 



1 C. F. Wandel & C. Ostenfeld: Iagttagelser over Overfladevandets Tempe- 

 ratur Saltholdighed og Plankton paa islandske og grønlandske Skihsronter i 1897. 

 København (G. E. C. Gad) 1898. (Ostenfeld. Iagttagelser, 1898.) 



Martin Knudsen .v. C.Ostenfeld: Iagttagelser over Overfladevandets Tem- 

 peratur, Saltholdighed "g Plankton paa islandske og grønlandske Skihsronter i 1898, 

 foretagne under Ledelse af C. F. Wandel. Kobenhavn (G. E. C. Gad) 1899. (Ostenfeld, 

 Iagttagelser, 1899.) 



.Martin Knudsen & C.Ostenfeld: Iagttagelser over Overfladevandets Tem- 

 peratur, Saltholdighed og Planklon paa islandske og grønlandske Skibsrouteri 1899, 

 foretagne under Ledelse af C. F. Wandel. København (G. E. C. Gad) 1900. Ostenfeld. 

 Iagttagelser. 1900.) 



