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TRANSACTIONS LIVERPOOL BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Sea temperature at surface, 10°"4 C. to 11°"5 C. ; 

 bottom, 10°-6 C. to ll°-2 C. ; 

 Specific gravity of sea at surface, T025 to 1"02T ; 



bottom, 1-025 to T027. 

 The positions of the hauls are shown on the sketch 

 chart below. 



The results of these hauls demonstrate strikingly the 

 restricted distribution of fishes on an area of very limited 



Port Willi 



'Hull of Galloway 



Chart of Luce Bay. 



extent, and over which the physical conditions, which 

 might be supposed to influence the abundance and nature 

 of the bottom fauna, are very similar. The chart shows 

 that fishing was restricted to the west and north-west 

 margins of the bay. The bottom was uniformly sandy, 

 and the depth varied from 9 to 5 fathoms. Hauls 1 to 

 3 are comparable in all respects ; the depth varied from 



