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Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada.—Continued.
Vol. 18, No. 3, May, 1961. Pp. 295-478.
Contonto.—Spoilage of fish in the vessels at sea.—Grading fish for
qua/ity.—Surface temperature and sa/inity off the Washington and
British Columbia coasts, August, 1958 and 1959.—Observations on post
mortem biochemical. changes in fish muscle in relation to rigor mortis.—
Variability in aerial counts of spawning salmon.—Preparation of deox11-
nucleosides. I urine and pyrimidine bases and deoxyribose 1-phosphate
from deoxyribonucleic acid employing salmon enzyme systems.—A comparison
of three methods of inactivating /obster claws.—Dietary marine
fish oils and cholesterol metabolism.—Radioactive iron as a fish mark.—
Plasma proteins of coho salmon, as separated by zone eectrophoresis.—
Influence of size upon the adaptation of steelhead trout and chum salmon
to sea water.—Comparison of largest Great Slave Lake fish with North
American records.—A limnological reconnaissance of a Nova Scotian
brown-water lake.
Vol. 18, No. 4, July, 1961. Pp. 483 -644.
Contents.—Proximate composition of Canadian Atlantic halibut.—
Proximate composition of Canadian Atlantic mackerel, tuna and swordfish.—The
amino acid composition of cod tropomyosin.—Observations on
the ecology of the Pacific cod in Canadian waters.—Two epidemics of
apparent kidney disease in cultured pink salmon.—The annual oceanographic
cycle at IgIoolik in the Canadian Arctic. II. The phytoplankton.—
A preliminary study of the energy budget of Lake Ontario.—Muscle
Proteins of Pacific salmon.—Temperature and the biochemical processes
occurring during rigor mortis in cod muscle.
Vol. 18, No. 5, September, 1961. Pp. 645 -891.
Contents.—Studies on estimation of mortalities. I. Comparison of
a method described by Beverton and Holt and a new linear formula.—
The copepods in Canadian arctic-subarctic waters.—Comparative osteology
of representative salmonid fishes, with particular reference to the
grayling and its phylogeny.—A systematic study of the Salvelinus
alpinus complex in North America.—Detection of incomplete reporting
of tags.—Light pick/e salting of cod.—Partial desalting of salted cod.—
Chemical characteristics of salted cod.—Effect of estradiol monobenzoate
on some serum constituents of maturing sockeye saimon.—Fatty a/coho/s
from marine oils and segregated esters.—Growth and age determination
of the Pacific edible crab Dana.
$1.50 por copy. $5 per year. • o • Cat. No. Fs93-7
Progress reports of the Biological Station and the Technological Unit
at 539 Richmond Street, London, Ontario. 26cm.
Although this is only the second issue of this series, it is final. as
the sertes is being discontinued.
2.—May, 1961. 58p. • Illus., tables, figs.
Contents.—Lake Erie gear development project, 1959.—Ammocoete
biologY.—Action of e/ectrical barriers on sea /ampreys.—Fish and
lamprey movements in Silver Creek, Ontario.—Operation of electrical
barriers to sea lamprey migration on the Canadian tributaries to Lake
Superior, 1959 and 1960.—Development of specific lampricides and techniques
for their use.—Preparations for /amprey contro/ in Lake Huron.—
Can tatrasonics be used to control sea lampreys?—Canning freshwater
fish.—Heming Lake experiment.—Freshwater fish grading equipment.
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Circulars. Published by the Biological Station and Technological
Unit, London, Ontario. Ottawa. Irregular. 23cm. Paper cover.
The purpose of these circulars is to acquaint freshwater fishermen
with interesting and useful scientific and technical information.
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