INDEX 



Atlantic Ridge, 4 



Antarctic Intermediate Current, 9, 10, 



15, 17, 25 

 Antarctic water, 9, 10 



Bay of Biscay, 21 

 Bottom water, 



hydrogen-ion, 28 



oxygen, 33 



phosphate, 17 

 Bushnell . 31, 33-34, 35 



California coastal area, 1, 4, 9, 13, 



14, 15, 21, 23, 24, 28, 31 

 California Current, 4, 5, 13 

 Carbon dioxide, 

 cycle, 27 



effect on hydrogen-ion, 25 

 maximum concentration, 8 

 photosynthetic zone, 27 

 solubility, 28 

 Carnegie sections, geographic positions, 



and hydrographic conditions, 4-6 

 Central American Bight, 4, 10, 25 

 Challenger . 1, 31 

 Chemical data, 



hydrogen-ion, 25-29 

 oxygen, 30-35 

 phosphate, 7-20 

 silicate, 21-24 

 vertical distribution, zones, 



convection or surface layer, 3 

 stratosphere, 4 



transition or discontinuity layer, 3 

 troposphere, 4 

 Chemical investigations, program, 1 

 Convection layer, 3 

 hydrogen ion, 27, 18 

 oxygen, 33, 34 

 phosphate, 7, 8, 14-16 

 silicate, 22 



Dana . 1, 31, 36 



Data, plan of presentation, 3 



Deep water, 4 



hydrogen ion, 28, 29 



oxygen, 31-32, 35-36 



phosphate, 16-17 

 illustrated, 48 



silicate, 22, 23, 24 

 Density gradient, 



effect on photosynthetic zone, 8 



relation to phosphate transition 

 zone, 9 

 Deutschland . 36 

 Diatoms, 



consumers of silicate, 21 



dissolution, 23 



English Channel, 21 



Equatorial Countercurrent, 4, 5, 11, 



15, 35 

 Equatorial regions, 15 



Faroe -Iceland Channel, 21 

 Faroe -Shetland Channel, 21 



Geological processes, 1 



Geographic positions, Carnegie sec- 

 tions, 4-6 



Grand Banks of Newfoundland, 4, 10, 

 14, 25 



Great Barrier Reef, 1 



Gulf of Alaska, 1, 5, 6, 11, 12, 26, 27, 



31 

 Gulf of Maine, 21 

 Gulf of Panama, 1,4,31,34 



Hannibal . 31, 34 



Humboldt Current (see Peruvian Cur- 

 rent) 

 Hydrogen ion 

 Atlantic, 2 

 bottom water, 28 

 buffer mechanism, 25 

 Carnegie sections, 25-27 

 comparator, 3 

 convection layer, 27, 28 

 data, 25-29 

 deep water, 28, 29 

 effect of carbon dioxide, 2t 

 effect of upwelling, 28 

 equation, 3 

 indicator, 3 

 Pacific, 1 

 regional distribution, 



comparison Antarctic and 



Arctic, 29 

 correlation with phosphate, 28 

 salt error, 3 

 surface water, 27, 28 

 temperature effect, 3 

 transition zone, 28 

 vertical distribution, 27, 28 



correlation with phosphate, 28 

 Hydrographic conditions, Carnegie 

 sections, 4-6 



Inorganic nitrogen and plant growth, 



limiting factor, 7 

 Intermediate Antarctic Current, 4, 



28, 35 

 Intermediate antarctic water, 32 

 Intermediate water. North Pacific, 5 



Japan Current (see North Pacific West 

 Wind Drift) 



Kuroshlo Current, 5 



Metabolic cycle of sea, 1 

 Monterey Bay, 21, 23 



North Atlantic Drift, 17 



North Equatorial Drift, 4, 5, 11, 12, 



14, 15, 32, 35 

 North Pacific West Wind Drift, 5, 6, 



13, 33 

 Nutrient ions, 7 



Oslo Fiord, 7 

 Oxygen, 



bottom water, 33 



Comparison Atlantic and Pacific 



oceans, 36 

 convection layer, 33, 34 

 data, 30-35 



deep water, 31-32, 35-36 

 maximum content, 32, 34 

 method of determination, 3 

 accuracy, 3 



percentage of saturation, 3 

 standard, 3 



57 



Oxygen, 



minimum content, 8, 32, 35 



Pacific, 1, 2 



photosynthetic zone, 31 



regional distribution, 34-36 

 saturation, 34 

 supersaturation, 34 



stratosphere, 32, 35-36 



surface water, 33, 34 



transition zone, 31, 35 



troposphere, 35 



vertical distribution, 31-33 

 controlling factors, 31 

 in deep water of Pacific, 31 

 Oyashio Current, 5 



Peruvian Current, 4, 5, 14, 15, 16 

 Phosphate 



and plant growth, 7 

 as limiting factor, 7 

 Atlantic, 2 

 bottom water, 17 

 convection layer, 7, 8, 14-16 

 data, 7-20 

 deep water, 16-17 

 illustrated, 48 

 effect of upwelling, 9, 13, 14, 15, 



16 

 method of determination, 2 

 accuracy, 2 

 colorimeter, 2 

 reagents, 2 

 standards, 2 

 Pacific, 1 



regional distribution, 10-17 

 Carnegie sections, 10-12 

 seasonal variation, 13 

 stratosphere, 9 

 surface, 7, 12-14 

 transition zone, 14-16 

 troposphere, 16 

 vertical distribution, 7-9 

 decomposition, 8 

 maximum content, 8 

 mixing, 7 

 surface, 7 

 utilization, 8 



vertical water movements, 8 

 Photosynthesis, 1, 7, 31 

 Photosynthetic zone, 8, 12 

 carbon dioxide, 27 

 convective currents, 24 

 effect of density gradient, 8 

 oxygen, 31 

 Phytoplankton, 7, 8, 13, 17, 21, 34 

 Pioneer . 31, 34 

 Planet . 1, 31 

 Plankton, 7, 8, 23 

 Plant nutrients, 1, 2, 7 

 Puget Sound, 1, 21 



Radiolarians, 



effect on silicate content, 23 

 in photosynthetic zone, 23 



Respiration of plants and animals, 1, 

 7, 27, 31 



Salts in sea water, 



major constituents, 1 



minor constituents, 1 

 Sargasso Sea, 4, 13, 14, 17 

 Seasonal variation, phosphate, 13 

 Sections, Carnegie , geographic posi- 

 tions, chart. 



