CONTENTS 



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Introduction 1 



Collection of data 1 



Laboratory examination of samples 2 



One-meter net tows, and Hardy Plankton Recorder 2 



Temperature and salinity 2 



Drift bottles 2 



Literature cited 2 



FIGURES 



1. Distribution of salinity and positions of 1-meter net tows, Albatross III cruise no. 57, 



February 21 to March 2, 1955 3 



2. Distribution of salinity and positions of 1-meter net tows, Albatross III cruise no. 58, 



March 19 to April 1, 1955 3 



3. Distribution of salinity and positions of 1-meter net tows, Albatross III cruise no. 60, 



April 19 to May 2, 1955 4 



4. Distribution of salinity and positions of 1-meter net tows, Albatross III cruise no. 61, 



May 16 to May 28, 1955 4 



5. Track of Albatross 111 cruise no. 57 (February 21 to March 2, 1955) giving positions for 



each gauze section of the surface Hardy Plankton Recorder 5 



6. Track of Albatross III cruise no. 57 (February 21 to March 2, 1955) giving positions for 



each gauze section of the 10-meter Hardy Plankton Recorder 5 



7. Track of Albatross III cruise no. 58 (March 19 to April 1, 1955) giving positions for each 



gauze section of the surface Hardy Plankton Recorder 6 



8. Track of Albatross III cruise no. 58 (March 19 to April 1, 1955) giving positions for each 



gauze section of the 10-meter Hardy Plankton Recorder 6 



9. Track of Albatross 111 cruise no. 60 (April 19 to May 2, 1955) giving positions for each 



gauze section of the surface Hardy Plankton Recorder 7 



10. Track of Albatross III cruise no. 60 (April 19 to May 2, 1955) giving positions for each 



gauze section of the 10-meter Hardy Plankton Recorder 7 



11. Track of Albatross III cruise no. 61 (May 16 - May 28, 1955) giving positions for each 



gauze section of the surface Hardy Plankton Recorder 8 



12. Track of Albatross III cruise no. 61 (May 16 to May 28, 1955) giving positions for each 



gauze section of the 10-meter Hardy Plankton Recorder 8 



13. Distribution of surface temperature, Albatross 111 cruise no. 57, February 21 to March 2, 



1955 9 



14. Distribution of surface temperature, Albatross 111 cruise no. 58, March 19 to April 1, 



1955 9 



15. Distribution of surface temperature, Albatross 111 cruise no. 60, April 19 to May 2, 1955. 10 



16. Distribution of surface temperature, Albatross 111 cruise no. 61, May 16 - 28, 1955 10 



TABLES 



1. Species of fish eggs and larvae (with species code letters) caught during 1955, 



Albatross 111 cruise no. 57, February 21 to March 2; cruise no. 58, March 19 to 

 April 1; cruise no. 60, April 19 to May 2; cruise no. 61, May 16-28 11 



2. Date, time, and position for temperature and salinity records in relation to 1-meter 



tows and Hardy Plankton Recorder gauze sections Albatross III cruise no. 57, Feb- 

 ruary 21 to March 2, 1955 12 



3. Date, time, and position for temperature and salinity records in relation to 1-meter 



tows and Hardy Plankton Recorder gauze sections Albatross 111 cruise no. 58, March 



19 to April 1, 1955 16 



4. Date, time, and position for temperature and salinity records in relation to 1 -meter 



tows and Hardy Plankton Recorder gauze sections Albatross HI cruise no. 60, April 



19 to May 2, 1955 21 



