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REFERRING to Prof. Herdman's interesting observations upon the above (NATURE, July 17), I may perhaps mention that the mackerel-drifters, when fishing upon the usual grounds around Scilly and in the Bristol Channel, are largely influenced in their selection of a suitable position by the finding of so-called “yellow water”. This condition of the sea in the area under consideration arises from the presence of vast shoals of Calanoids—e.g. Calanus finmarchicus, Pseudocalanus elongatus, &c.—which impart a yellowish tint to the surface of the water. The sporadic distribution of such copepods, moreover, is often somewhat remarkable; the fishermen state that it is possible at times to observe the entire extent of a “splat” of “yellow water”.
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BULLEN, G. Mackerel and Calanus. Nature 91, 531 (1913). https://doi.org/10.1038/091531a0
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