Archive image from page 817 of The depths of the ocean. The depths of the ocean : a general account of the modern science of oceanography based largely on the scientific researches of the Norwegian steamer Michael Sars in the North Atlantic depthsofoceangen00murr Year: 1912 764 DEPTHS OF THE OCEAN Both the scales represented belong to herrings six winters old and represent true averages of growth, which has obviously been very different in the two types. While studying the growth of Gadidae, Damas conceived the idea that by examining the growth-history of single individuals, as depicted in th
Archive image from page 817 of The depths of the ocean. The depths of the ocean : a general account of the modern science of oceanography based largely on the scientific researches of the Norwegian steamer Michael Sars in the North Atlantic depthsofoceangen00murr Year: 1912 764 DEPTHS OF THE OCEAN Both the scales represented belong to herrings six winters old and represent true averages of growth, which has obviously been very different in the two types. While studying the growth of Gadidae, Damas conceived the idea that by examining the growth-history of single individuals, as depicted in their scales, one should be able to determine the localities, or at least the conditions, in which the individuals had grown up, in other words that this study should afford a key to the migrations of the fishes ; thus he considers it probable that a certain saithe captured on the west coast of Norway may be recognised as having spent its infancy on the north coast of Norway. Similar ideas have
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