. Discovery reports. Discovery (Ship); Scientific expeditions; Ocean; Antarctica; Falkland Islands. 250 DISCOVERY REPORTS offshore flora proved richer at that season than it had been during autumn. Though essentially holo- planktonic, the highly cosmopolitan species concerned easily attain greater numbers nearer land at other times and in other areas, although rarely achieving dominance there. Fig. 94 shows the solenoids as a percentage of total diatoms during the second (spring) survey only. The individual species mainly concerned showed a fairly definite sequence as the survey proceeded from
. Discovery reports. Discovery (Ship); Scientific expeditions; Ocean; Antarctica; Falkland Islands. 250 DISCOVERY REPORTS offshore flora proved richer at that season than it had been during autumn. Though essentially holo- planktonic, the highly cosmopolitan species concerned easily attain greater numbers nearer land at other times and in other areas, although rarely achieving dominance there. Fig. 94 shows the solenoids as a percentage of total diatoms during the second (spring) survey only. The individual species mainly concerned showed a fairly definite sequence as the survey proceeded from south to north. To the south, far out off Luderitz Bay, Rhizosolenia alata was dominant. Proceeding northwards this was 2C5- 25° S O u T -| H 3Cf- F. KARSTENI I 1 NIL I I IO-IO j }. ^ORANGE R. SURVEY 1 IO° 15° EAST Fig. 91. Distribution of Fragilaria karsteni and F. granulata, survey II, September-October 1950. (Station numbers are shown in Fig. 2.) NIL ?. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Institute of Oceanographic Sciences (Great Britain); National Institute of Oceanography of Great Britain; Great Britain. Colonial Office. Discovery Committee. London ; New York : Cambridge University Press
Size: 1170px × 2136px
Photo credit: © Paul Fearn / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, booksubjectocean, booksubjectscientificexpediti
