Abstract
MISS S. M. MARSHALL, in her contribution to the Scientific Reports of the Great Barrier Reef Expedition, describes the production of micro-plankton in the Great Barrier Reef throughout the year. This is the first time that an opportunity has occurred of obtaining continuous observations in one place for so long a time in these regions. The results of the work carried on in the lagoon of the Great Barrier Reef enables a comparison to be made be tween the conditions in the tropics and those in temperate waters. The water samples used were from various depths, forming part of the routine work at the plankton and hydrographic stations taken by the Nansen-Petterson water bottle. Outside samples were also taken with a glass sample bottle. The material was centrifuged and counted (100-200 c.c. of each sample). Most of it was examined when fresh, thus allowing the small naked dinoflagellates and coccolithophores to be included; the remainder was preserved in strong Fleming solution.
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Microplankton and Hydrography of the Great Barrier Reef. Nature 134, 636 (1934). https://doi.org/10.1038/134636a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/134636a0