Report of investigations on the life-history of the salmon in fresh water
Subtitle: from the Research laboratory of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
By: Edited by D. Noël Paton, M.D., Superintendent of the laboratory.
Contributors: Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.; Scotland. Fishery Board.
Series: Fishery board for Scotland. Salmon fisheries. Report [etc.]; C. 8787; Cmnd. ;; 8787.
Publisher: Printed by J. Hedderwick & sons
Published: 1898
Place of publication: Glasgow
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
Subjects: Salmon; Salmon fisheries -- Scotland
Notes: The nature of the proteids of salmon muscle, by F.D. Boyd.--The changes in the amount of proteid in the musculature and genitalia of the salmon in fresh water, by J.C. Dunlop.--The fats and proteids stored in the muscle of the salmon considered as a source of muscular energy, by D.N. Paton.--The phosphorus compounds of the muscle and genitalia of the salmon and their exchanges, by D.N. Paton.--The exchanges of iron between the muscles and ovaries of the salmon in fresh water, by E.D.W. Greig.--The pigment of the muscles and ovaries of the salmon and their exchanges, by M.I. Newbigin.--The changes in the value of the salmon as a food stuff, by J.C. Dunlop.--General summary, by D.N. Paton.
Table of contents: title: General introduction, by D.N. Paton.; title: How far may the salmon examined be considered typical of their respective classes, by W.E. Archer.; title: The minute structure of the digestive tract of the salmon and the changes which occur in it in fresh water, by G.L. Gulland.; title: Changes in the digestive activity of the secretions of the alimentary canal of the salmon in different conditions, by A.L. Gillespie.; title: Bacteriology of the alimentary canal of the salmon in different conditions, by A.L. Gillespie.; title: Changes in the weight and condition of salmon at different seasons in the estuaries and in the upper reaches of the river, by D.N. Paton and J.C. Dunlop.; title: The changes in the solids and water of muscles and genitalia in the salmon in fresh water, by D.N. Paton.; title: The changes in the fats of muscle, genitalia, and other organs of the salmon in fresh water by D.N. Paton.; title: Microscopical observations on the muscle fat in the salmon, by S.C. Mahalanobis.