CONTENTS 



CHAP. PAGE 



I Introductory : The Earliest Founders of 



Oceanography ...... 1 



II The Life and Work of Edward Forbes, the 



Manx Naturalist (1815-1854) . . .12 



III Sir C. Wyville Thomson and the " Challenger " 



Expedition . ...... 37 



IV Sir John Murray, the Pioneer of Modern 



Oceanography ...... 69 



V Louis and Alexander Agassiz and American 



Explorations ...... 99 



VI The Prince of Monaco and the Oceanographic 



Museum . . . . . . .119 



VII Marine Biological Stations for Research . .134 



VIII Hydrography . . . . . . . 145 



IX Ocean Currents : The Gulf Stream . . .170 



X Submarine Deposits . . . . . .182 



XI Coral Reefs and Islands . . . . .201 



XII "Phosphorescence," or Luminescence in the Sea 212 



XIII Plankton : Its Nature and Investigation . .231 



XIV Plankton {continued) i Its Variations and its 



Problems . . ,. . . . . 256 



XV Applied Oceanography : Aquiculture — Oyster 



Ain) Mussel Fisheries . . . . .279 



XVI The Sea-Fisheries 293 



XVII Food-Matters in the Sea . . . . .312 



Appendix ; Memorandum on Proposed National 



Expedition for the Exploration of the Sea . 33 1 

 Index ......... 337 



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