Bibliograph

To sea and back, the heroic life of the Atlantic salmon., Richard Shelton

Type

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To sea and back, the heroic life of the Atlantic salmon., Richard Shelton

Language

eng

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

To sea and back

Oclc number

551425268

Responsibility statement

Richard Shelton

Sub title

the heroic life of the Atlantic salmon.

Summary

Richard Shelton combines memoir and deep scientific knowledge to reveal, from the salmon's point of view, both the riverine and marine worlds in which it lives.--[book cover]

Table Of Contents

The turning point -- Home at last -- At Glamis -- Field mice for tea -- The start of a double life -- At Altries -- Drinking like a fish -- Living and learning -- To know the ocean blue -- To sea with the smolts -- Fat is a fishy issue -- Of bugs and brood stock -- The hydrographer's fish -- By Ebrie's bleak banks -- On lancelets, lampreys. and teleosts -- Children of the sun -- Of salmon and sea lords -- The real meaning of life -- The pilgrims

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