Van Oosten, John 



1923» A study of the scales of vjhitefishes of known ages. 

 Zoologica, Vol. 2, No. 17, pp. 380-U12. 



Study of scale structure of whitefishes reared arti- 

 ficially in the Nexv York Aquarium, demonstrating conclusively 

 the validity of the annulus as a year roark. Includes data on 

 body-scale relationship and evidence that temperature is a 

 primary factor in annulus formation. 



1928, Fisheries of the Great Lakes. Life histories of the 

 Coregoninae. Ins Progress in biological inquiries, 



1926, by Elmer Higgins. Rep. U. S. Comm. Fish, for 



1927, pp. 662-667. 



Coirunents 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. 



1928. Scientific investigations of Great Lakes fisheries by 



the U, 3. Bureau of Fisheries. Second Great Lakes Fish, 

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

 pp. 16-20. 



Outline of controversial problems of regulation in Lake 

 Erie and description of the Service's experimental studies of 

 net selectivity intended to contribute toward the solution of 

 of those problems. 



1929. Some fisheries problems on the Great Lalces. Trans, 

 Ara. Fish, Soc, Vol, 59, PP* 63-8^. 



Outline of problems and presentation of preliminary data 

 on: effects of set-hook fishing on stocks of lake brout and of 

 chubs used for bait; regulation of chub nets for protection of 

 both chubs and small lake trout| protection of Sagina'K Bay lake 

 herring^ biological and limnological studies^ cooperative survey 

 of Lake Erie. 



1929. Life history of the lake herring ( Leucichthy s artedi 



Le Sueur) of Lake Huron as revealed by its scales, with 

 a critique of the scale method. Bull. U. S. Bur. Fish., 

 Vol, kk, pp. 265-U28, 



An inquiry into the validity of the scale method and an 

 application of that method in a study of the life history of 

 the lalce herring (principally the Saginaw Bay stock) of Lake 



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