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A Science on the Scales : The Rise of Canadian Atlantic Fisheries Biology, 1898-1939 /

An original and timely work, A Science on the Scales shines a light on a heretofore-neglected aspect of Canada's science history.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Hubbard, Jennifer Mary, 1960-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, 2006.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Scientists at sea : expeditions and seaside stations
  • 2. Fishing for ideas : approaches to marine biology and fisheries science to 1914
  • 3. The Canadian fisheries expedition, 1914-1915
  • 4. Ottawa, 1919 : bureaucrats versus the biological board
  • 5. Rescuing Canada's sinking Atlantic fishing industry, 1924-1939
  • 6. Huxley's red herring
  • 7. An envrionmental assessment : the International Passamaquoddy Fisheries Commission, 1931-1933
  • 8. Ebb tide at the Atlantic biological station
  • Epilogue : balancing the scales.