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    To Sea & Back: The Heroic Life of the Atlantic Salmon
    To Sea & Back: The Heroic Life of the Atlantic Salmon
    To Sea & Back: The Heroic Life of the Atlantic Salmon
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    To Sea & Back: The Heroic Life of the Atlantic Salmon

    By Richard Shelton

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    Combining exquisite natural history with beguiling autobiographical and historical narrative,a portrait of a fish whosestory is closely intertwined with our own The Atlantic salmon is an extraordinary and mysterious fish. Here, Richard Shelton combines memoir and deep scientific knowledge to reveal, from the salmon's point of view, both the riverine and marine worlds in which it lives. He explores this iconic fish's journey to reach its feeding grounds in the northern oceans before making the return over thousands of miles to thebrooks of its birth to reproduce. Along the way, Shelton describes the feats of exploration that gave us our first real understanding of the oceans, and shows how this iconic fish is a vital indicator of the health of our rivers and oceans. Above all,this is the story of Richard Shelton's lifelong passion for the sea and his attempt to solve the perennial enigmas of the salmon's secret life.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAtlantic Books
    Release dateMay 1, 2011
    ISBN9780857899156
    To Sea & Back: The Heroic Life of the Atlantic Salmon
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    Richard Shelton

    Senior Lecturer in Biomaterials and Head of the Biomaterials Unit. He has published over 50 research papers in scientific journals as well as reviews and a book chapter in the areas of bone biomaterials, tissue engineering and application of hydrogels. He has received grants from EPSRC, BBSRC and the Wellcome Trust and the Dr Hadwen Trust for Humane Research.

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