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Dublin Royal Irish Academy, November 30. ARTHUR E. J. WENT: The salmon of the River Shannon. An account is given of the analysis of the stocks of salmon in the River Shannon during the year 1927. The phenomenon of growth in fresh water in the year of migration as a smolt is discussed, and it is suggested that a minimum size is necessary before the physiological condition is attained which causes the assumption of the smolt livery and the smolt migration. Examination of the scales and data from smolts confirmed the results obtained from the examination of the scales of adult fish.
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Societies and Academies. Nature 141, 48–50 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/141048a0
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