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DURING the past three years a scheme of oceano-graphic investigation has been initiated and conducted from the Department of Zoology of the University of Sydney, under the direction of Prof. William J. Dakin. The work commenced with an examination of the plankton and hydrographical conditions prevailing in the ocean waters off the entrance to Sydney Harbour. This is the first long-continued investigation of the plankton, that is, a study of the seasonal changes over a period greater than a year, to be made in Australian waters. In fact, little or nothing has been published regarding the seasonal changes in the plankton at any one station in the temperate waters of the southern hemisphere. The work has been greatly facilitated during the past year and a half by the acquirement of a small auxiliary yacht of about 12 tons (which has proved more suitable than a launch for ocean waters), and by the erection of a Marine Biological Station at the entrance to Port Jackson, both being the property of the University. This biological station is at present the only one permanently equipped and in continuous use on the Australian coast.
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Marine Biology of the University of Sydney. Nature 130, 839–840 (1932). https://doi.org/10.1038/130839d0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/130839d0