Cruise 8° 



Stations 3 and 5 were not occupied because of high winds,, 



During Smith cruise 8 the Nansen bottle that sampled at 

 the seventh depth for which data are tabulated in this report did not 

 always close properly« Although tabulated, the samples at this depth 

 for stations 17 65, 66, 80, 82-87, 91, and 104-106 appear to have 

 been contaminated during retrieval of the cast and were not used in 

 drawing the cross sections of this report 



During cruise 8 a large number of observations of inor = 

 ganic phosphate concentration were lost because the stannous chloride 

 solution was improperly protected from exposure to the air and oxida- 

 tion of the stannous ion occurred. Examination of the results, parti- 

 cularly of the reagent blank values, indicate that the data of stations 

 1 through 76 are completely untrustworthy and so the values are de- 

 leted from the tabulated data and a cross section appears only for 

 stations 77-106 o 



A + „ 1 C„ correction must be added to all the surface 

 temperature values of Smith cruise 8„ 



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