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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES 
The present report gives a general account of the planktonic communities 
(animal and plant) of the open waters of the gulf outside the outer headlands (such 
as must precede the intensive survey of the plankton of any region), with such 
Fig. 3.— Locations of Grampus stations 10213 to 10263, July 19 to August 28, 1914. Stations where no tows were made are 
underlined 
notes on the occurrence of the more important groups and species as a preliminary 
examination of the large amount of material collected has afforded. The plankton 
of the many harbors and estuarine situations around the shore line of the gulf, and 
within 1 to 5 miles of the land generally, is barely touched on. almost all our towing 
