Reports on the Scientific Results of the Expedition to the Tropical Pacific, in Charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U. S. Fish Commission Steamer "albatross," from August, 1899, to March, 1900, Commander Jefferson F. Moser, U. S. N., Commanding, Vol. 11
Reports on the Scientific Results of the Expedition to the Tropical Pacific, in Charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U. S. Fish Commission Steamer "albatross," from August, 1899, to March, 1900, Commander Jefferson F. Moser, U. S. N., Commanding, Vol. 11
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 Excerpt: ...in the present expedition. The line run by the "Albatross" from San Francisco to Tahiti starts in lat. 31 10' N., long. 125 W., and terminates at Tahiti off Pt. Venus about in lat. 17 30' S., and long., 149 30' W. That of the " Challenger" starting north of the Hawaiian Islands in lat. 38 9' N., and long. 156 25' W., ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 Excerpt: ...in the present expedition. The line run by the "Albatross" from San Francisco to Tahiti starts in lat. 31 10' N., long. 125 W., and terminates at Tahiti off Pt. Venus about in lat. 17 30' S., and long., 149 30' W. That of the " Challenger" starting north of the Hawaiian Islands in lat. 38 9' N., and long. 156 25' W., and ending also at Tahiti, converges towards the line of the " Albatross," so that we have an excellent opportunity of comparing the collections of the "Challenger" in the central Pacific with those obtained by the "Albatross" from the great red-clay and manganese-nodule area of the Pacific Ocean to the eastward. An examination of the results as recorded by Sir John Murray,1 and those which I here give from the trawling of the "Albatross" show plainly that at great depths and far from continental areas or insular plateaux the bottom fauna of the great depths is comparatively poor except when the trawling is made in the line of the great equatorial currents, where the bottom fauna receives a larger amount of food, derived from the dead remains of the pelagic fauna falling to the bottom. A similar increase in the number of animals brought up in the trawl can also be noted in the hauls made by the "Challenger" on the line east of Japan, while practically in the track of the great Japanese current sweeping to the eastward. In marked contrasts to this line and to the results obtained in the track of the equatorial current by the "Albatross" are the scanty hauls obtained by the "Challenger" from the Admiralty Islands north to Japan. The line of dredgings made from Tahiti to Valparaiso is also relatively richer than the two principal lines across the deepest part...
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