[O III] emission in 2 field-galaxy surveys

These data are 95% complete in their coverage of the [O III]{lambda}{lambda}5007,4959 emission lines. We find that 8.8%+/-1.5% of a J magnitude-limited data set have [O III]{lambda}5007 emission equivalent widths greater than 10A.

There is no evidence that the spatial distribution of emission-line galaxies in each field differs from that of galaxies without emission. However, there is a significant increase in the fraction of galaxies with strong [O III] emission in the southern fields of the Kirshner, Oemler, and Schechter (1978, Cat. <J/J/83/1549>) survey as compared with the other survey fields. Our results are consistent with the conclusion that the fraction of galaxies with emission is larger in the Bootes void than in the general field, but tighter constraints on the void normal galaxy population are needed to improve the statistics.