Word: corals
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...United States Fish Commission has recently received a second letter from Dr. Agassiz, dated Nov. 6, 1899, which further describes his cruise in the Albatross. The work has been largely of the same character as before, but more attention has been paid to the construction and nature of the coral islands of the Paumotu, Gloucester, and Fiji Groups. This includes a study of the growth of the different islands into groups, and the animal life in the lagoons as compared with that outside in the ocean. He has thus been able to test the statements made by other explorers. Only...
...conclusion was reached that there is little animal life at a considerable distance from land, at great depths, and away from the ocean currents. On the way to Tahiti, Mr. Agassiz spent a few days in examining the western atolls of the Paumotus, where he paid special attention to coral formations...