SKPAEATION OF FISH EGGS & LARVAE FROM PLANKTON SAMPLES 



Usually the entire plankton saniple was examined for fish eggs ^vf\ 

 larvae. The examination was made under a low power binocular microscope. 

 Of the 1^37 plankton samples collected on survey cruises during 1951 • 1262 

 samples, or 87.85^, were sorted in entirety. Of the samples that were frac- 

 tioned into aliquot portions, 148 were divided into 2 portions, 22 were 

 divided into 4 aliquots, 4 into 8 aliquots and only 1 sample into l6 por- 

 tions. One aliquot portion was sorted of each of the fractioned samples. 

 Text tahle 4 summarizes the above information by cruise for 1951* 



Total 



22 



148 1262 



1437 



