CONTENTS 



VOLUME I 



PAGE 



Titles ........ i 



Dedication ........ v 



Preface, by Sir JOHN MURRAY and Mr LAURENCE PULLAR . vii 



Contents of each Volume ...... ix 



Statistical Tables of the Scottish Fresh-water Lochs, I. to VI. . xvii 



Index to the Descriptions and Maps of the Scottish Fresh-water 



Lochs sounded by the Lake Survey . . . xlv 



Introduction, Methods, Instruments, and various Appendices, by 



Sir JOHN MURRAY, K.C.B., F.R.S., D.Sc., etc. . . 1 



Seiches and other Oscillations of Lake-surfaces, observed by the 

 Scottish Lake Survey, by Professor GEORGE CHRYSTAL, M.A., 

 Sec. R.S.E., etc. ...... 29 



Temperature of Scottish Lakes, by E. M. WEDDERBURN, M.A., 



LL.B., W.S., F.R.S.E. ..... 91 



Chemical Composition of Lake-waters, by W. A. CASPARI, B.Sc., 



Ph.D., F.I.C. . . . . . .145 



An Epitome of a Comparative Study of the Dominant Phanero- 

 gamic and Higher Cryptogamic Flora of Aquatic Habit, in 

 seven Lake Areas in Scotland, by GEORGE WEST . 1 56 



Deposits of the Scottish Fresh-water Lochs, by W. A. CASPARI, 



B.Sc., Ph.D., F.I.C. ...... 261 



Biology of the Scottish Lochs, by JAMES MURRAY, F.R.S.E. 



I. The Biology in relation to Environment . . .275 



II. Census of the Species . . . . .313 



Some Distinctive Characters in the Fresh-water Plankton from 

 various Islands off the Xorth and West Coasts of Scotland, 

 by JOHN HEWITT, B.A. . . . 335 



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