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

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

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hubbard, Jennifer Mary, 1960-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto, Ont. : University of Toronto Press, 2006.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Biological Board of Canada.
Office de biologie du Canada > Histoire.
Biological Board of Canada > History.
Fish populations > Research.
HISTORY > Canada > General.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > Ichthyology & Herpetology.
NATURE > Animals > Fish.
Pêches > Recherche > Provinces de l'Atlantiques > Histoire.
Poissons > Populations > Recherche > Provinces de l'Atlantique > Histoire.
Fisheries > Research > Atlantic Provinces > History.
Fish populations > Research > Atlantic Provinces > History.
Canada > Atlantic Provinces.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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