Title: The Collecting Net 1939 - 11 issues
March – Hurricane Number & Vol. XIV No. 1-10, July 8 – Sept. 9, No. 2 July 15

Categories: Magazines Back Issues Science Marine Biology

Publication Information: The Collecting Net is published weekly for ten weeks between July 1 and Sept. 15 from Woods Hole, Massachusetts and is printed at The Darwin Press, New Bedford, Mass.

Additional Information: Issues have some illustrations and ads. March issue has 60 pages. Other issues are numbered consecutively starting with page 1- 224.

Summary: Is a weekly publication devoted to the scientific work at marine biological laboratories. March 1939 issue is the Hurricane Number, complete issue covers the hurricane with articles and photos. Some of the articles in other issues are:
• Biological Exploration in the Pacific Ocean
• Polyploidy in Amphibians
• Recent Cruises of the “Atlantis”
• Sexuality and Related Problems in Paramecium
• Blood and Respiratory Ability of Fresh Water Fish
• Cell Division and Differentiation in Living Plant Meristems
• Neutral Basis of Social Behavior in Vertebrates
• Future Plans and Policies of the Marine Biological Laboratory
• Vitamins A and Vision
• The Effects of Lack of Oxygen and of Low Oxygen Tensions on Some Protozoa
• Biochemical Aspects of Experimental Morphology
• Experiments on the Production of Haploid Salamander Larvae
• The Relation of Cell to Organ in Plant Development
• Living Cells in Action
• An Artificial Nucleus in a Non-Nucleate Half-Egg
• Mechanism of Membrane Elevation in Egg of Nereis limbata

Condition: Issues possible ex-lib didn’t see any marks but are bound in a cardboard file folder. The Hurricane Issue is the first one and is starting to pull free of the binding – it is held in by the front and back paper covers rest of issue is coming loose. Other issues are still bond in ok. Issues have paper covers. Show slight wear, some bent corner tips, hint of soiling but overall all good plus.

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