of yellow perch to anglers, and touches 

 on such aspects of the biology as 

 growth, age, and year-class composi- 

 tion, food habits, size at maturity, and 

 spawning. 



VAN METER, HARRY, vide: CHARLES P. 

 SELDEN. 



VAN OOSTEN, JOHN. 



1923. A study of the scales of whitefishes 

 of known ages. Zoologica 2{ 17):380-412. 



Study of scale structure of whitefishes 

 reared artificially in the New York 

 Aquarium demonstrated conclusively 

 the validity of the annulus as a year- 

 mark. Includes data on body-scale re- 

 lation and evidence that temperature is 

 a primary factor in annulus formation, 



VAN OOSTEN, JOHN. 



1928a. Fisheries of the Great Lakes. Life 

 histories of the Coregoninae. In Elmer 

 Higgins, Progress in biological in- 

 quiries, 1926, p. 662-667. Rep. U.S. 

 Comm. Fish, for 1927. 



Comments on validity of scale 

 method (with emphasis on the nature of 

 Lee's phenomenon) and progress report 

 on life-history study of lake herring of 

 Saginaw Bay. 



VAN OOSTEN, JOHN. 



1928b. Scientific investigations of Great 

 Lakes fisheries by the U.S. Bureau of 

 Fisheries. Second Great Lakes Fish. 

 Conf., Lansing, Mich,, Feb. 8, 1928, 

 Mich. Dep. Conserv., p. 16-20. 



Outline of controversial problems of 

 regulation in Lake Erie and description 

 of the Bureau's experimental studies of 

 net selectivity, which are intended to 

 contribute toward the solution of those 

 problenns. 



VAN OOSTEN, JOHN. 



1929a. Life history of the lake herring 

 ( Leucichthys artedi Le Sueur) of Lake 

 Huron as revealed by its scales, with 

 a critique of the scale method. U.S. 

 Bur. Fish., Bull. 44:265-428. 



An inquiry into the validity of the 

 scale method and an application of that 

 method in a study of the life history of 

 the lake herring (principally the Saginaw 

 Bay stock) of Lake Huron. Critique in- 

 cludes an exhaustive review and evalua- 

 tion of the literature and an appraisal 

 of the author's own findings on such 

 fundamental questions as: validity of the 

 annulus as a year-mark; time and 



factors of annulus formation; body- 

 scale relation and calculation of growth; 

 possible causes of Lee's phenomenon 

 and other discrepancies of calculated 

 growth. Life-history study includes con- 

 sideration of: fluctuations in age com- 

 position, size, and growth of the Saginaw 

 Bay lake herring and possible contribut- 

 ing factors; growth compensation; 

 length-weight relation; sex ratio; and 

 differences between growth of lake 

 herring in Saginaw Bay and in other 

 regions of Lake Huron. 



VAN OOSTEN, JOHN. 



1929b. Some fisheries problems on the 

 Great Lakes. Trans. Amer. Fish. Soc. 

 59:63-85. 



Outline of problems and presenta- 

 tion of preliminary data on: effects of 

 set-hook fishing on stocks of lake trout 

 and of chubs used for bait; regulation 

 of chub nets for protection of both chubs 

 and small lake trout; protection of 

 Saginaw Bay lake herring; biological 

 and limnological studies; and coopera- 

 tive survey of Lake Erie. 



VAN OOSTEN, JOHN. 



1930a, Investigation of method of measuring 

 twine in Great Lakes district. Mich. 

 Fisherman 14(2):1, 6. 



Review of troublesome points in the 

 controversial problem of measuring 

 mesh size, emphasizing the need for a 

 simple uniform procedure free from 

 personal bias and stating that the Bureau 

 has referred the matter to the Bureau 

 of Standards. 



VAN OOSTEN, JOHN. 



1930b. Progress of fishery biology on the 

 Great Lakes. In Elmer Higgins, 

 Progress in biological inquiries, 1928, 

 p. 710-718. Rep. U.S. Comm. Fish, for 

 1929. 



Historical review of major linnno- 

 logical, biological, and fishery surveys 

 of the Great Lakes by governmental 

 agencies and educational institutions. 

 Includes an outline of the Bureau's 

 research progrann and comments on 

 problems of overfishing and fishery 

 regulations. 



VAN OOSTEN, JOHN. 



1930c. The disappearance of the Lake Erie 

 cisco--a preliminary report. Trans. 

 Amer. Fish. Soc. 60:204-214. 



Review of production statistics on 

 the Cisco fishery and explanation of the 

 collapse of the fishery in 1925 as the 



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