 ... surface of the sea, having a range of 125 fathoms, being more than twice the extent of all the other regions put together. Throughout this great, and I may say hitherto unknown province, for the notices we have had of it have been but few and fragmentary,...  Report of the Annual Meeting - Page 169by British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1844Full view - About this book
 | 1855 - 490 pages
...in a somewhat similar proportion. Another significant feature is, that as we reach the eighth zone, the number of species and of individuals diminishes...the distribution of animal life as yet unvisited. Species disappear in depth which do not seem to be replaced by others. From other observations tho... | |
 | 1855 - 990 pages
...in a somewhat similar proportion. Another significant feature is, that as we reach the eighth zone, the number of species and of individuals diminishes...the distribution of animal life as yet unvisited. Species disappear in depth which do not seem to be replaced by others. From other observations tho... | |
 | 1854 - 532 pages
...creatures become so much fewer as we descend, that, as Professor Forbes says, the deficiency ' points to a zero in the distribution of animal life as yet unvisited.' Ophiuridte appear to be the true inhabitants of this province, though testacea were found both living... | |
 | Geological Society of London - 1855 - 814 pages
...in a somewhat similar proportion. Another significant feature is, that as we reach the eighth zone the number of species and of individuals diminishes...the distribution of animal life as yet unvisited. Species disappear in depth which do not seem to be replaced by others. From other observations the... | |
 | 1855 - 484 pages
...in a somewhat similar proportion. Another significant feature is, that as we reach the eighth zone, the number of species and of individuals diminishes...the distribution of animal life as yet unvisited. Species disappear in depth which do not seem to be replaced by others. From other observations the... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science. Meeting - 1844 - 478 pages
...includes all the space explored below 105 fathoms, extending from that depth to 1380 feat beneath tlie surface of the sea, having a range of 125 fathoms,...Of the total number 22 were Univalves, 3 of which were found living; 30 Lamellibranchiate Bivalves, 8 living ; 3 Palliobranchiate Bivalves, all dead,... | |
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...Forbes also thought he saw, as he later told the British Association, that "the number of species and individuals diminishes as we descend, pointing to...the distribution of animal life as yet unvisited." This zero, Forbes speculated casually — he simply extended a line on his graph of animal number versus... | |
 | Mark V. Lomolino, Dov F. Sax, James H. Brown - 2004 - 1284 pages
...pusilla. globulosa. Marginella clandestina. Dentalium 9-costatum. millegranus.* EIGHTH REGION. 5-angulare. The eighth region includes all the space explored...species which do not seem to be replaced by others. 168 REPORT—1843. valve above 180 and under 200; and 1 Univalve, 4 Lamellibranchiate, and 1 Palliobranohiate... | |
 | 1854 - 538 pages
...creatures become so much fewer as we descend, that, as Professor Forbes says, the deficiency ' points to a zero in the distribution of animal life as yet unvisited.' OphiuridtE appear to be the true inhabitants of this province, though testacea were found both living... | |
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