. The depths of the ocean : a general account of the modern science of oceanography based largely on the scientific researches of the Norwegian steamer Michael Sars in the North Atlantic. "Michael Sars" North Atlantic Deep-sea Expedition (1910); Oceanography; North Atlantic Ocean. 512 DEPTHS OF THE OCEAN. Fig. 356. Rhizocrinus lo/otensis, G. O. Sars. Magnified. (After Wyville Thomson.) whole extent. They thrive well apparently on sandy bottom, wherever it is covered with fragments of shells, to which they may attach them- selves, and this is even better seen in the central portion of
. The depths of the ocean : a general account of the modern science of oceanography based largely on the scientific researches of the Norwegian steamer Michael Sars in the North Atlantic. "Michael Sars" North Atlantic Deep-sea Expedition (1910); Oceanography; North Atlantic Ocean. 512 DEPTHS OF THE OCEAN. Fig. 356. Rhizocrinus lo/otensis, G. O. Sars. Magnified. (After Wyville Thomson.) whole extent. They thrive well apparently on sandy bottom, wherever it is covered with fragments of shells, to which they may attach them- selves, and this is even better seen in the central portion of the North Sea. The " Michael Sars" found hydroid-bottom, of the kind described, on the northern portion of the North Sea plateau, on the Faroe plateau east and west of those islands and on the large bank to the south of them, on the Iceland-Faroe ridge, and on the south-eastern Iceland plateau. A number of species be- longing to different groups, which among the skerries and in the western fjords of Nor- way are littoral forms, or at any rate only occasionally descend below the lower limit of the littoral zone, occur at greater depths out on the plateaus, where they are some- times very plentiful. During the cruise of the "Michael Sars" we found on the eastern Faroe plateau, at a depth of 110 metres, on sandy shell- strewn bottom : Cucumaria fron- dosa, Strongylocentrotus droba- cktensis, Pandalus atmulicornis, Pagurus bernJtardus, Asterias rubens, Mytilus modiolus, Bucci- nuin undatuin, Alcyoniuvi digi- tatum, and on the Faroe Bank, south-west of the Faroe Islands, at about 125 metres, Echinus esculentus and OpJiiura albida. On the banks around the Faroes beyond the lOO-metres line there. 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 Murray, John, Sir, 1841-1914; Hjort, Johan, 1869-;
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