NOKTH ATLANTIC SEA AND THE FAROE CHANNEL. 



139 



falhoms, 4 species, 

 100 „ 10 „ 



200 „ 5 „ 



400 „ 6 „ 



Between 56° and 57° N. there occurred at 



500 fatlionis, 1 1 species. 



600 „ 4 „ 



700 „ 5 „ 



800 „ 6 „ 



Between 58° and 59' N. there occurred at 

 fathoms, 2 species. | 200 fathom.^, 8 species. 



100 



11 



300 



8 



Between 59° and 60° N. there occurred at 



400 fathoms, 5 species. 



500 „ 4 „ 



600 „ 5 „ 



800 „ 4 „ 



Between 60° and 61° N. there occurred in the warm area (F. v., F. vi.) at 



fathoms, 2 species. 

 100 „ 4 „ 



200 fathoms, 8 species. 



Between 60' and 61° N. there occurred in the cold area (F. vii., F. viii., F. ix.) at 



It is not unfair to conclude from these data that the greater number 

 of species of Copepoda in the North Atlantic prefer a mesoplanktonic 

 existence between 200-500 or 600 fathoms depth ; and that this is 

 also the case in the " cold area " of the Faroe Channel. 



At Station A 2, June, 1901, there were taken at 



fathoms, 6 species. 

 100 „ 5 



300 „ 11 





400 fathoms, 14 species. 

 500 „ 9 „ 



At Station A 2, July, 1901, there were Uiken at 

 fathoms, 3 species. | 200 fathoms, 9 species. 



100 



400 



At 400 and 500 fathoms there was an abundance of Copepoda, much 

 more than from 200 fathoms to the surface. 



At Station A 2, June, 1902, there were taken at 



100 fathoms, 11 species. 

 200 „ 8 „ 



400-200 fathoms, 13 species. 



