CONTENTS 



Pages. 



Preface and Synopsis of Reports, by Professor Edward E. Prince, LL.D., D.Sc, 



F.R.S.C., Commissioner of Fisheries 5-6 



I. Further Studies on the Growth Rate in Pacific Salmon, by C. McLean 

 Eraser, Ph.D., F.R.S.C, Curator of the Pacific Biological Station, 



Departure Bay, B.C 7 



II. Some Apparent Effects of Severe Weather on Marine Organisms in the 

 vicinity of Departure Bay, B.C., by C. McLean Eraser, Ph.D., 

 F.R.S.C ' 29 



III. Temperature and Specific Gravity Variations in the Surface Waters of 



Departure Bay, B.C., by C. McLean Eraser, Ph.D., F.R.S.C. (with 



one graph) 35 



IV, Plankton Diatoms, their Distribution and Bathymetric Range in St. 



Andrews Waters, by Clara W. Fritz, B.A., M.Sc, Toronto (with three 



platee) 49 



V. Experimental Cultures of Diatoms occurring near St. Andrews, N.B., by 



Clara W. Fritz, B.A., M.Sc, Toronto 63 



VI. A Contribution to the Biology of the Muttonfish (Zoarces anguillaris), 

 by Wilbert A. Clemens, Ph.D., and Lucy S. Clemens, Ph.D. (with 



plate, map, and figures in text) 69 



VII. Eastern Canadian Plankton — The Distribution of the Tomopteridae 

 obtained during the Canadian Fisheries Expedition, 1914-15, by A. G. 

 Huntsman, B.A., M.B., Biologist to the Biological Board of Canada 



(with two figures) 85 



VIII. Eastern Canadian Plankton — The Distribution of Floating Tunicates 

 (Thaliacea) obtained during the Canadian Fisheries Expedition, 

 1914-15, by A. G. Huntsman, B.A., M.B., Biologist to the Biological 

 Board of Canadst (with one figure) 93 



IX. An Investigation into the Rate of Putrefaction in the Common Food Fish 

 caught in and around Passamaquoddy Bay, N.B., by Loviis Gross, 



M.D., McGill University, Montreal (with two plates) 99 



X. Canned Sardines — The cause of " Swells " or " Blown Cans," by Wilfrid 



Sadler, M.Sc, University of British Columbia 103 



XI. List of Fishes collected in 1917 off" the Cape Breton coast and the Magdalen 

 Islands, by Philip Cox, Ph.D., Professor of Biology, University of 

 New Brunswick 109 



XII. The Diatoms of Canada, by L. W. Bailey, LL.D., F.R.S.C, Fredericton, 



N.B., and A. H. Mackay, LL.D., F.R.S.C, Halifax, N.S 115 



XIII. The Utilization of Dog-Fish and Selachian Fishes of Eastern Canada, by 



James W. Mavor, Ph.D., etc.. Union College, Schenectady, IST.Y 125 



XIV. Key to the Hydroids of Eastern Canada, by C McLean Eraser (with 109 



figures) .^ 137 



• XV. A New Genus and Three New Species of Algae from the Miramichi River, 

 N.B., by A. Brooker Klugh, M.A., Queen's University, Kingston 

 (with one plate) ^, 181 



XVI. Histology of the Flexor Tendon in the Crushing Claw of the Lobster, by 

 A. P. Knight, M.A., M.D., F.R.S.C, Kingston, Ont. (with nine 

 figures) 185 



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