Open AccessThe Food of Illinois Fishes
Author(s) -
Stephen Alfred Forbes
Publication year - 1878
Publication title -
illinois natural history survey bulletin/bulletin - illinois natural history survey
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2644-0687
pISSN - 0073-4918
DOI - 10.21900/j.inhs.v1i2.452
Subject(s) - warrant , fish <actinopterygii> , nothing , fishery , state (computer science) , subject (documents) , work (physics) , environmental ethics , business , biology , engineering , computer science , library science , philosophy , epistemology , mechanical engineering , finance , algorithm
But little has been written on the food of the fresh water fishes of this country, and nothing whatever, so far as I can learn, on the food of the fishes of of this state. The importance of the subject, both to the scientific student and to the practical fish breeder, seems to warrant more systematic work ; and a methodical investigation has therefore been begun at the State Laboratory, the first results of which are given in the following memoranda.