In sea-water, too, bacterial numbers are small, as noted by Russell at Naples (Russell, 1891) and Wood's Hole (Russell, 1892), and in salt as in fresh water the amount of bacterial life decreases in general as one passes downward from the surface and outward from the shore. Otto and Neumann (1904) obtained the results summarized below at various points on the high seas between Portugal and Brazil. Near the European coast numbers were much higher. BACTERIA IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN. (OTTO AND NEUMANN, 1904.) BACTERIA PER C.C. Nearest Land.
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