CONTENTS 



Page 



Introduction 1 



Procedures on station 3 



Regular and special stations 3 



Standard station 4 



Chemical methods and procedures 4 



General 4 



Containers used for collection of samples 4 



Initial preparation of containers 4 



Notes on collection of samples at sea 5 



General notes on methods 5 



Notes on calculation of concentration values 5 



Methods 6 



Dissolved oxygen 6 



Salinity 6 



Total phosphorus 6 



Inorganic phosphate 7 



Nitrate- nitrite 7 



Carbohydrates 7 



Proteins 8 



Biological methods and procedures 8 



Plankton 8 



Method of towing 1/2 -meter silk nets 8 



Volumes of water strained 8 



Numbers of organisms 10 



Continuous plankton sampler 10 



Dip -netting 10 



Trolling 12 



Oceanographic methods and procedures 12 



Narrative account of cruise 1 12 



Explanation of data sheets and tables 14 



Oceanographic and chemical 14 



Biological 15 



Literature Cited 17 



