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APPENDIX B. Data Collecting Activities on EASTROPAC 76.
Weather: Basic weather data taken on every station. Surface salinity and temperature recorded continuously throughout the pelagic portion of the cruise by salinograph and thermograph. Sky picture taken every two minutes during daylight hours.
Surface Chlorophyll: recorded continuously.
Plankton Tows: a total of 12 made at intervals throughout the cruise.
Micronekton Net Tows: twice daily (usually noon and midnight).
Temperature and Salinity with Depth: every three hours during pelagic portion of the cruise.
Plankton Pumping: once daily (1st leg of cruise only).