Methods of Sea-water Biology

Abstract

SCHILLER'S work occupies 129 pagesof this part of Abderhalden's “Handbuch,” the remaining 20 with 11 tables being Blegvad's portion. The former contains detailed information on the setting up of small aquaria, their aeration and temperature control. Some account is given of the chemical composition of sea-water and of the various salt solutions used for the culture of fresh-water and marine algae; sections are devoted to the organic nutrients useful in the study of marine Chryso-and Cryptomonads and other plants, also to solid media and colloidal solutions. Attention is directed to the necessity of regulating the intensity of the light, and details are given concerning the construction of various types of light filter, solid and liquid. References are made in particular to Pringsheim's work on the culture of algse; mention is made of Schott und Gen.'s light filters, but the Wratten and Corning filters have been omitted.

Handbuch der biologischen Arbeitsmethoden.

Herausgegeben von Prof. Dr. Emil Abderhalden. Lieferung 256. Abt. 9: Methoden der Erforschung der Leistungen des tierischen Organismus, Teil 5, Heft 2. Methoden der Meerwasserbiologie. Über Kultur und Methodik beim Studium der Meerespflanzen, von Josef Schiller; Methoden der Untersuchung der Bodenfauna des Meerwassers, von Harald Blegvad. Pp. 181–330 + 11 Tafeln. (Berlin und Wien: Urban und Schwarzenberg, 1928.) 10 gold marks.