The solubility of oxygen in fresh and sea water has recently been redetermined by Truesdale, Downing, and Lowden (1955), who found that the data of Fox (1909), long considered definitive, are in substantial error. The old and new data are compared, and the new are used to recompute the percentage saturation in the surface layer of the South Atlantic and equatorial North Atlantic Oceans from the METEOR observations. It is shown that most of the surface waters are in equilibrium with the atmosphere. The effects of the error on computations of oxygen consumption and of oxygen tension are discussed. A new nomogram relating the equilibrium oxygen concentration, the temperature, and the salt content of the water is presented.
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