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A new midwater trawl for sampling discrete depth horizons

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

Malcolm R. Clarke
Malcolm R. Clarke
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National Institute of Oceanography, Wormley, Godalming, Surrey This paper was initially submitted jointly by M. R. Clarke, A. de C. Baker, D. Bishop, R. Bowers, R. Dobson and M. Harris who all contributed materially to the content. The authorship has been restricted at the editor's request.
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A new midwater trawl based on that designed by Tucker (1951) is described with details of opening and closing equipment, acoustic release gear and depth telemetering pinger. An account is given of the method used in operating the xtrawl from R.R.S. ‘Discovery’.

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Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 49 , Issue 4 , November 1969 , pp. 945 - 960
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1969

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