CHAPTER V--THE MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY

The aquarium, p. 113--The arrangement of the tanks and exhibits, p.

114--The submarine effect of this arrangement, p. 115--Appearance of the

submarine dwellers in their natural surroundings, p. 116--The eels and

cuttle-fishes, p. 116--The octopuses, p. 117--The technical department

of the laboratory, p. 119--The work of Dr. Anton Dohrn, founder of the

laboratory, p. 121--The associates of Dr. Dohrn, p. 122--The collecting

of surface specimens, p. 123--Collecting specimens by dredging, p.

124--Fauna of the Bay of Naples, p. 124--Abundance of the material for

biological study, p. 125--Advantages offered by marine specimens for

biological study, p. 126--Method of preserving jelly-fish and similar

fragile creatures, p. 127--Uses made of the specimens in scientific

study, p. 128--Different nationalities represented among the workers at

the laboratory, p. 130--Methods of investigation, p. 131--Dr. Diesch's

studies of heredity at the laboratory, p. 131--Other subjects under

scientific investigation, p. 132--The study of chromosomes, p.

133--Professor Weismann's theory of heredity based on these studies,

p. 33--Experiments in the division of egg-cells, p. 134--Experiments

tending to refute Weismann's theory, p. 136--Dr. Dohrn*s theory of

the type of the invertebrate ancestor, p. 137--Publications of the

laboratory, p. 139--Meetings of the investigators at Signor Bifulco's,

p. 141--Marine laboratories of other countries, p. 142.

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