CONTENTS 



Page 



Introduction 1 



Procedures 4 



Methods 5 



Weather observations 5 



Temperature, salinity, density, thermosteric anomaly, and dynamic height anomaly . . 6 



Dissolved oxygen 6 



Inorganic phosphorus 6 



Total phosphorus 6 



Nitrate, nitrite, and silicate 7 



Incident solar radiation : 7 



Submarine daylight 7 



Chlorophyll ji_ standing crop 7 



Primary production (photosynthesis) 



Phytoplankton net sample 8 



Zooplankton standing crop 8 



Micronekton standing crop 9 



Bathythermograph (BT) observations 10 



Surface current velocity and direction (GEK) 10 



Literature cited 10 



Tabulated data 12 



Appendix 1; SCOT expedition (TO-58-1) primary production data 162 



Appendix 2: SCOT expedition (TO-58-1) total phosphorus data 170 



FIGURES 



1. Track chart of cruise TO-58-2 2 



2. Track chart of cruise TO-59-1 3 



3. Track chart of cruise TO-59-2 4 



TABLES 



Special abbreviations in tables 11 



1. Station data, cruise TO-58-2 12 



2. Station data, cruise TO-59-1 31 



3. Station data, cruise TO-59-2 75 



4. Summary of bathythermograph observations 143 



5. Summary of surface current (GEK) observations 155 



6. Summary of high-speed net (micronekton) observations 159 



