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rich surface haul of Calanus finmarchicus, with a few other copepods, 
e. g. Centropages, Metridia, Anamalocera, and Euchaeta, besides 
Meganyctiphanes norvegica, Hyppolyte, Euthemisto, Limacina balea, 
Sagitta elegans and S. serratodentata, Tomopteris helgolandica, Clone 
limacina, Pleurobrachia, Phialidium, and agalmid fragments, 2. e., 
the plankton was of the same type as off shore and further west; and 
rich quantitatively. But when we approached shore, off Moose Peak, 
our hauls were extremely barren, by far the poorest yet made. The 
four-foot net, hauled for three quarters of an hour, at Station 33, with 
an electric light in its mouth, contained only a few Calanus, four 
medium sized Staurophora, and a few Sagittae, the whole, aside from 
the large Medusae, being less than 20 cc. in bulk. This was quite 
the contrary to what we expected, as the northeastern corner of the 
Gulf and the Bay of Fundy have always been credited with a rich pela- 
gic life. But in the Grand Manan Channel (Station 34), the plankton 
was even poorer than at Station 33, the four foot net, hauled from 
50-0 fathoms, containing almost nothing except a very few Calanus. 
and other small copepods, while a few Staurophora were seen on the 
surface. And much the same condition was encountered in the mouth 
of the St. Croix River, where surface tows were made on August 18, 
very little being taken, or seen, except Staurophora. In Eastport. 
Harbor, however, many Meganyctiphanes, probably attracted by 
refuse from the sardine factories, were taken on the surface. 
When we returned through Grand Manan Channel, we made a haul 
off the north end of Campobello Island, where the four-foot net did 
not bring back even a single copepod; but it yielded large numbers of 
Balanus eggs in segmentation stages; and a few Staurophora were seen 
on the surface. Near the entrance of the Channel (Station 35) the 
water was hardly more productive, the whole catch of the four-foot 
net (35-0 fathoms), chiefly Calanus and Sagittae, being contained in 
an ordinary table spoon; while no Medusae or ctenophores were seen 
on the surface. That night, however, in Cutler Harbor, we found a 
fairly rich neritic plankton, chiefly copepods, gammarid amphipods, 
and the hydromedusid Sarsia. When we once more ran off shore to the 
edge of the deep basin, August 20 (Station 36), the water was occupied 
by the Calanus swarm, with a few Euthemisto, a few Euchaeta, many 
Sagitta, chiefly S. elegans, Aglantha digitale, Beroe cucumis, Mega- 
nyctiphanes, and Staurophora, 7. e., a typical Gulf of Maine plankton 
in considerable quantity. And the richness of this station and that of 
Station 32, showed that the edge of the dense Calanus swarm followed 
the 100 fathom curve, the barren zone being only a narrow coast belt. 
