Abstract
WITH the present two numbers of the Hull Bulletins of Marine Ecology, volume 1 is complete*. Of volume 2 four numbers are already published and three are in the press. Prof. A. C. Hardy, editor of these bulletins, in his explanation at the beginning of volume 1 gives an excellent simplified résumé of the whole. Ecology as he defines it "is establishing the relationship between a creature and its surroundings in terms of quantity". He sketches the gradual growth of marine ecology with admirable clarity, its scope, early history, and the beginning of the work at Hull leading to all these researches. This work, planned by himself and successfully carried out, includes his invention of the plankton indicator and, following this, the plankton recorder, both of which have proved to be of real help to the fishery industry. Here a story is told in the simplest terms which is of special interest and importance. It has always been Prof. Hardy's aim to bring science and industry together. How successful he has been is shown in the tributes paid to him by the skippers of the vessels which have his apparatus in use.
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Marine Ecology and the Fisheries. Nature 155, 647 (1945). https://doi.org/10.1038/155647a0
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