Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission, 2. sējumsU.S. Government Printing Office, 1883 |
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174. lappuse - ... North America. The temperature of the water, in its relation to the movements of fish, has from the first received special attention. Observations are made regularly during the summer work, and at the various hatching stations. At the instance of the Commissioner, an extensive series of observations have for several years been made under the direction of the chief signal officer of the army, at lighthouses, lightships, life-saving and signal stations, carefully chosen, along the whole coast....
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174. lappuse - Verrill, in New Haven. One of the important features of the work is the preparation of life histories of the useful marine animals of the country, and great quantities of material have been accumulated relating to almost every species. A portion of this has been published, more or less complete biographical monographs having been printed on the bluefish, the scup, the menhaden, the salmon and the whiteflsh, and others are nearly ready.