An edition of The oyster (1891)

The oyster

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An edition of The oyster (1891)

The oyster

a popular summary of a scientific study

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The Chesapeake Bay oyster has changed little, if at all, in the century since this popular book was published. But the oyster harvest has fallen to its lowest level on record - from 15 million bushels at the turn of the century to fewer than 100,000 bushels in 1993. What was once the most bountiful source of oysters in the world has become nearly exhausted. More than a century ago, explains Kennedy T. Paynter Jr. in a new introduction to this edition, scientist and Maryland state official William K.

Brooks warned that this day would come.

A classical morphologist by training, and one of the Johns Hopkins University's first and most distinguished faculty members, Brooks had "tonged oysters in five different states" when the governor of Maryland appointed him Oyster Commissioner in 1882. The Oyster, first published in 1891, is a popular scientific account of what he knew and what he learned on the job.

After describing the basic biology of the oyster, Brooks discusses its tremendous reproductive capacity, what it eats, how it lives, why it thrives in the Bay, and what role it plays in the Bay's ecology. But The Oyster is more than a simple biology test. It is also a critical scientific review of oyster management in the Chesapeake Bay, commenting on and criticizing contemporary laws and regulatory practices - many of which are still in place today.

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Cover of: The oyster
The oyster: a popular summary of a scientific study
1996, Johns Hopkins University Press
in English
Cover of: The oyster
The oyster: a popular summary of a scientific study
1905, Johns Hopkins Press
- 2d and rev. ed.
Cover of: The oyster
The oyster: a popular summary of a scientific study
1905, Johns Hopkins Press
in English - 2d and rev. ed.
Cover of: The oyster
The oyster: a popular summary of a scientific study
1905, The Johns Hopkins press
- 2d and rev. ed.
Cover of: The oyster
The oyster: a popular summary of a scientific study
1891, The Johns Hopkins Press
in English
Cover of: The oyster
The oyster: a popular summary of a scientific study
1891, The Johns Hopkins press
- 2d and rev. ed.
Cover of: The oyster
The oyster: a popular summary of a scientific study.
1891, The Johns Hopkins press
in English

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. xxx-xxxi).

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Baltimore
Series
Maryland paperback bookshelf

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Dewey Decimal Class
639/.41/0916347
Library of Congress
SH365.C4 B75 1996, SH365.C4B75 1996

The Physical Object

Pagination
xxxvi, 230 p. :
Number of pages
230

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Open Library
OL811377M
Internet Archive
oysterapopulars00broogoog
ISBN 10
0801853915
LCCN
95048289
OCLC/WorldCat
33983388
Library Thing
2207597
Goodreads
132281

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