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Figure 11. Meter for use with Buchet plankton net, devised by Gaston Buchet in1892. Left: front view. Right: side view. This instrument was designed tocapture pelagic animals while being towed at a relatively high rate of speed.It was tested off Iceland in 1892 and also used in a number of expeditions ofPrince Albert I of Monaco. (Image credit: Oceanographic Museum of Monaco | Y. Berard)