94 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. I28 



water alongshore and in pools in the gravel that the water was 

 like soup. 



Cyanea capillata Many 



Beroe cucumis I 



Hyperia medusarum Common 



Pagurus splendescens 1 



7-26-49 Water lapping shore. Bottoms of puddles in the gravel near shore 

 covered over with two species of medusae. 



Sarsia flammea Immense numbers in water alongshore 



Sarsia princeps Abundant 



Cyanea capillata Abundant 



Unidentified medusa Abundant 



Beroe cucumis Few 



Pseudalibrotus litoralis 2 



Acer odes latipes I 



None of the above animals so plentiful as on 7-24-49. 



7-27-49 Morning : 



Sarsia species and other Much reduced in numbers 



medusae 



Cyanea capillata 2 



Beroe cucumis 2 (plentiful in evening) 



Arrow worms Small numbers 



7-28-49 Water very calm and clear. Above medusae much less abundant than 

 on 7-26-49. 



7-29-49 Heavy surf. Ice cakes being grounded ashore. Water muddy from 

 the surf and grounding ice cakes. No planktonic animals visible 

 from shore because of the muddy and agitated condition of the 

 water. 

 Evening: Ice broken from floe in tiny to large pieces so that it was 

 difficult to get a water sample. Surf still heavier at 11 p.m. 



7-30-49 Surf still heavy. 



7-31-49 Surf still heavy. Water very murky. Impossible to see animals in 

 the water because of agitation and murkiness. Few fragments of 

 algae washed ashore, with a bryozoan and a species of Spirorbis 

 on it. 



8- 1-49 Surf still heavy and water very muddy. No animals visible. Algal 

 fragments on beach and also several dead isopods, Idotaega cntomon. 



8- 2-49 Morning : Surf very much moderated. Water clear. No animals 

 noted. 

 Evening: Swells, light surf. Water clear. Small school of capelin 

 (Mallotus catervarius) alongshore. Ten to twenty came up with 

 small wave and went back with the surge. A few maintained 

 positions in the water when the surf surged back. Later in the 

 evening many eggs were noted high on the beach above the present 

 water level as well as below the surge line. Some of the ^gg 

 masses were buried in the gravel to a depth of several inches. The 

 eggs were attached to the gravel. 



