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St. 36. 7d 1900. 13 miles SE. of S. Cape. Between ice. 



C. finmarchicus +. 



Pseuåocal. elongatus -\-. 



Acartia lonqiremis r. 



Fritillaria sp. r. 



Oihopleura sp: r. 

 „ 37. - n / 9 1900. 20 miles SE. of S. Cape. Between ice. 



Acartia longiremis c. 



Oikopleura sp. c. 

 „ 38. 13 / 9 1900. 23 miles NE. of B. Eiland. 



C. finmarchicus c. 



Pseuåocal. elongat. -\-. 



Limacina helicina rr. 

 Among these samples, 1, 2, 3, 11, 15, 16 are tåken witliin the 

 Gulf Stream area, ancl the rest within the area of Arctic water. 

 From the Norwegian coastal water proper, there is no sample. It 

 is very interesting to witness the rien development in the Gulf 

 Stream area of Cdlanus finmarchicus in May 1897 and 1898. On 

 the whole there are several things to indieate that the maxima 

 of quantity of some important food animals (as C. finmarchicus) 

 occur earlier in the Gulf Stream than in the coastal water, and 

 at last in the fjords. I have put the food wanderings of herring 

 in connection with this circumstance. Time will show if it is correct. 

 A wholesale occurrence of C. hyperbore.us was found on st. 7 

 and 8, in Arctic water. In July 1898 Clione limacina and Limacina 

 helicina were numerous in the Hinlopen Strait. Among other ani- 

 mals that have appeared in multitudes in Arctic water, may be 

 mentioned Parathemisto oblivia, C. finmarchicus, Pseudocalanus elon- 

 gatus, Oithona similis, Acartia longiremis, etc. 

 Scarce in their occurrence have been: 



Pseudalibrotus littoralis, Gammarus locusta, var. mutata, Euthe- 

 misto libellula. 



The last mentioned species I also took in the stomach of 

 Gadus saida, which was caught in 1898 north of Jalmal by Capt. 

 Johannesen. 



