Excerpt from Gulf of Mexico Physical and Chemical Data From Alaska Cruises Before 1950 the only systematic surveys of the chemical features of the entire Gulf of Mexico were the cruises of mabel taylor in 1932 (parr, 1935) and atlantis in 1935 (bulletin Hydrographique, Partly as a result of military interest in the oceans and partly because of an increased demand for sea foods, the oceanic environment began to attract renewed and more intensive atten tion following World War II. Because of the added stimulus of a great increase in the value of the annual shrimp and menhaden pro duction in the Gulf of Mexico, Congress authorized the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Ser vice to expand its investigations of the fisheries and oceanography of Gulf waters. This effort encompassed physical oceanog raphy, marine biology and chemistry, and exploratory-fishing operations. The biological section of the program was assigned to the Gulf Fishery Investiga tions with headquarters at Galveston, Texas. The physical oceanography was assigned to the Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College Department of Oceanography through U. S. Navy Office of Naval Research and the Bureau of Ships. The cruises were planned with the Texas A. And M. Group, and were designed to con form to the needs of the oceanographic problems. One of the major oceanographic problems concerned the water transport sys tem in the Yucatan Channel, southeastern Gulf, and Florida Strait area. The majority of the cruises were directed to that region. All plans for biological observations were adapted to the requirements of the hydro graphic program. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.