Observations on the Alewife, Pomolobus Pseudoharengus (Wilson), in Fresh Wate /
The major study in this investigation was one of growth and form, carried out to evaluate differences in growth rates and body proportions between landlocked Lake Ontario and the anadromous Atlantic alewives. Particular attention was also given to the nature of the annual mortality that is character...
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Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ottawa, Ontario :
Canadian Electronic Library,
2017.
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; CONTENTS; ABSTRACT; INTRODUCTION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; MATERIALS AND METHODS; Growth rate; Relative growth; Measurements; Treatment of data; LABORATORY INVESTIGATION; Transport of alewives; Maintenance of samples; Thermal acclimation; Lethal temperature experiments; RESULTS; Summary of migrations and movements; Growth rate; Relative growth; Variation within Lake Ontario; Comparison of Bay of Quinte and Atlantic samples; MORTALITIES; Annual mortality; LETHAL TEMPERATURE EXPERIMENTS; DISCUSSION; Growth; Form; Comparison of Ontario and Atlantic alewives; Mortalities; Differential mortality.