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FROM August 5 until August 13 last year, one of us (A. C. H.) was kindly permitted to accompany the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries research ship George Bligh during one of her routine cruises over the North Sea and, by flying collecting nets either from the mast-head or from kites flown from the ship, to study the drift of insects over the sea. It is hoped that further surveys will be made this year. Whilst a full discussion of the data will be reserved until further evidence is available, the results of this first survey were so unexpected that a preliminary note may be of interest.
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HARDY, A., MILNE, P. Insect Drift over the North Sea. Nature 139, 510–511 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1038/139510b0
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