Stream Ecology: Structure and Function of Running Waters
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Running waters are enormously diverse, ranging from torrential mountain brooks, to large lowland rivers, to great river systems whose basins occupy subcontinents. While this diversity makes river... This description may be from another edition of this product.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0412355302
ISBN13:9780412355301
Release Date:January 1995
Publisher:Chapman & Hall
Length:388 Pages
Weight:1.90 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 6.1" x 9.6"
Customer Reviews
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Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
Book came on time and in great shape just as the seller promised. Thank you very much.
This text has few pictures but...
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
The composition and content of this text make up for a lack of illustrations, which are black and white photos or graphs.
Accessible to Scientists - Not Fishermen
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 16 years ago
My interest in this book followed from a desire to obtain information that might help me outwit wild and wily trout by any and every means possible. And sure enough, this book contains a wealth of information. The only problem is that much of it is incomprehensible to the lay reader as opposed to the scientific community. For instance, here's what I encountered as I researched what and how fish eat (feeding ecology of riverine fishes): "Herbivorous fishes with scraping mouthparts such as the stoneroller Campostoma anomalum clearly have little in common with ooze feeders such as the blunt-nose minnow Pimephales notatus. Some benthic invertebrate feeders utilize prey primarily from soft bottoms (the suckermouth minnow Phenacobius mirabilis), others from stony bottoms (the greenside darter Etheostoma blennioides)." OK... On the other hand, for biologists and advanced students of ecology the book presents a comprehensive exposition of technical information. And the rest of us, who may not be equipped to cut through the scientific jargon, will still take away a sense of the intricacy and complexity of the living systems of streams and rivers.
Great book, and reference
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
Use this to go back to over and over again. Also helps to explain for all levels of understanding.
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