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SUBJECT INDEX 



Cobalamins, 195 



sea-water, quantities in, geographic table, 

 206 ff 

 Cobalt, crustal rocks, in, 18 

 Coccolithus pelagicus, 192 

 Column absorption of dissolved organic 



matter, 166 

 Communities of organisms, 415 



abundance statistics, 424 



aggregation, extent of, 424 



assemblages, 422 ff 



balance sheet, 430 ff 



biotopic relationships limiting the num- 

 bers of a species, 416 



definition of community, 418 ff 



dichotomy: associated/not associated, 

 421 



distributional statistics of component 

 species, 424 



energy relations, 415, 417, 424, 429 ff 



fidelity, vitality and periodicity of 

 species, 424, 427 



function of community, 429 ff 



grouping procedures, 419 ff 



hierarchy, 434 



identification of communities, 419 ff 



"importance values" for locating as- 

 semblages on a continuum, 422 



indicators, 424 



indices of relationship, 419 ff 



information needed about, 426. 428 



information theory in study of com- 

 munity dynamics, 434 



matrix, 419 



mortality, 431 



niches, 426 



order of a community, 433 



organization versus random structure, 

 426 



productivity, 429 ff, 432 ff 



seasonal phases, 416 



steady-state open system, 434 



steady-state with minimum entropy 

 change, 434 



structure, 415, 424 ff, 433 



theory, 415, 433 ff 

 Comparative and descriptive oceanography, 



235 

 Compensation depth, 348 ff 



at Equator, 355 

 Compensation intensity of light, 348 ff 

 Concordance, statistical testing of, 



425 

 Conductivity: see Electrical 



Conductivity-Temperature Indicator (CTI), 

 114 



Constancy of relative proportions, 116 ff 



Continental Shelf off New York, 361 



Contingency table, 420 



Copenhagen 



solar radiation, 159 



Standard Sea-Water, 112 ff, 115 



Co-precipitation of dissolved organic matter, 

 166 



Corals, antibiotic action, 187 



Core Monsoon 49G, 22 



Coriolis force, 247, 308 



Costa Rica, thermocline depth '"outcrop- 

 ping", 371 



Cousteau's "diving saucer", 507 



Crawford research vessel, 34, 359 



Critical depth, 372 



Cromwell Current, 240, 245 ff 



Crustacea and organic solutes, 198 



Cryptomonads, carbohydrate production, 

 177 



Crypt ophyceae, vitamin requirements, 194 



Crystalolithus hyalinus, 192 



Currents (III), 235 



biological species related to, 403 ff 

 eastern boundary, 253 

 mooring problems in, 519 

 velocity measurements using neutral - 

 buoyant floats, 303 



Cyanocobalamin: see Vitamin B12 



Cyanophyceae, vitamin requirements, 

 195 



Cytosine, 227 



Dark fixation of C0 2 , 146 ff 



Davidson Current, 273 



Davis Strait, productivity, 364, 371 



Deep-current measurements using neutrally 



buoyant floats, 297 

 Deep-research vessel (DRV), 510 ff 

 Deep-sea anchoring and mooring, 516 



anchors, 526 ff 



buoyant fiber rope, 516 



floats, 521 ff 



historical background, 516 ff 



mooring cables, 524 ff 



pennants and instrument wires, 522 ff 



problems of taut mooring, 518 ff 



slack mooring, 517 



taut mooring, 516 



yo-yo buoy, 523 

 Deep submersible vessels: see Bathyscaphs 





