technique column 39. Otherwise, the standard Hawaii technique was used. 



10 - 13 August 1957: Cruise between Sydney, Australia, and Noumea,, 

 New Caledonia, aboard the Messageries Maritimes vessel, 

 LE TAHITIEN , whereon Peter Willings carried out the work at 

 sea. 



21 - 22 August 1957: Brief cruise aboard the Institut Francais d'Oceanie 

 vessel ORSOM III of Noumea, New Caledonia, by Michel Angot and 

 Peter Willings. The Hawaii equipment and methods were compared 

 with those of the CSIRO devised by H. R. Jitts (1957). 



Results obtained by the CSIRO methods are indicated by a "7" in 

 technique column 39. 



30 August - 2 September 1957: Data obtained by Peter Willings between 



Noumea and Sydney aboard the Messageries Maritimes vessel, LEGANGE . 



25 - 30 March 1958: Data collected by Maxwell S. Doty and Meng Sung 

 Doty, Botany Department, University of Hawaii, on a cruise of 

 the M . S ■ TOMOE of the CIO- line between Manila, Hong Kong and 

 Saigon. In technique column 39 those samples filtered through 

 #25 plankton netting are indicated by a "3", and those held for 

 incubations beginning between the following 08:00 to 09:00 period 

 are indicated by an asterisk "*" to the right of the column. 



10 - 12 April 1958: Data collected by Maxwell S. Doty and Meng Sung 

 Doty on a cruise of the Messageries Maritimes vessel, VIETNAM , 

 between Saigon and Manila. The same coding is used in 

 technique column 39 as for the March 25 - 30 period above. 



N034 . Data gathered in the Western Pacific during the middle of 1958, 

 mainly in or near the Philippines. Various on-the-spot modifications of the 



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