The perfect guide to the fish and invertebrates of the CaribbeanRenowned for its diverse wildlife, turquoise waters and spectacular beaches, the Caribbean is also one of the most biologically rich environments in the Atlantic home to 10 per cent of the world's coral reefs and more than 1,400 species of fish and marine mammals.
The perfect guide to the fish and invertebrates of the CaribbeanRenowned for its diverse wildlife, turquoise waters and spectacular beaches, the Caribbean is also one of the most biologically rich environments in the Atlantic home to 10 per cent of the world's coral reefs and more than 1,400 species of fish and marine mammals.
The word ';Alaska' conjures visions of jagged icy peaks, smoking volcanoes, vast crimson tundra, sweeping blue rivers and lakes, shaggy brown bears, bush airplanes and pilots, remote Native villages, flashing rainbow trout, and rivers teeming with crimson salmon.
The word ';Alaska' conjures visions of jagged icy peaks, smoking volcanoes, vast crimson tundra, sweeping blue rivers and lakes, shaggy brown bears, bush airplanes and pilots, remote Native villages, flashing rainbow trout, and rivers teeming with crimson salmon.
The OrvisUltimate Book of Fly Fishing is a grand tour of the world of fly-fishing strategies and techniques, from Orviss world-famous team of experts and advisors.
The OrvisUltimate Book of Fly Fishing is a grand tour of the world of fly-fishing strategies and techniques, from Orviss world-famous team of experts and advisors.
A complete guide to where trout live and feed in a stream, graced with dozens of helpful schematic drawings and more than seventy-five revealing photographs.
A complete guide to where trout live and feed in a stream, graced with dozens of helpful schematic drawings and more than seventy-five revealing photographs.
Journalist Richard Schweid first learned the strange facts of the freshwater eels life from a fisherman in a small Spanish town just south of Valencia.
An epic excursion into one of the last great frontiers on EarthThe deep ocean comprises more than 90 percent of our planet's biosphere and is home to some of the world's most dazzling creatures, which thrive amid extreme pressures, scarce food supplies, and frigid temperatures.
Journalist Richard Schweid first learned the strange facts of the freshwater eels life from a fisherman in a small Spanish town just south of Valencia.
The definitive field guide to all the sharks, rays and chimaeras of the European Atlantic and MediterraneanThe waters of the northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea are home to an amazing variety of sharks, rays and chimaeras.
In this follow-up to Islands and Snakes, this book contains 15 chapters describing diversity and conservation of snakes on islands, with foci on selected island systems not previously summarized.
In this follow-up to Islands and Snakes, this book contains 15 chapters describing diversity and conservation of snakes on islands, with foci on selected island systems not previously summarized.
A beautifully illustrated photographic identification guide to the common marine fish found around Britain and Irelandideal for divers, snorkellers, and natural history enthusiastsFish are a colourful and important part of inshore marine life, much admired by divers and snorkellers.
Aquaculture exemplifies the ongoing global struggle to strike a sustainable balance between the conflicting needs of a rapidly increasing world population, human health, ecosystem health, the welfare of wild and domesticated animals, and the economic principles of globalized economies.
Written as a stand-alone textbook for students and a useful reference for professionals in government and private agencies, academic institutions, and consultants, Ecology and Conservation of Fishes provides broad, comprehensive, and systematic coverage of all aquatic systems from the mountains to the oceans.
Beach-spawning fishes from exotic locations on most continents of the world provide spectacular examples of extreme adaptations during the most vulnerable life cycle stages.
Successful angling for northern pike requires specialized equipment and techniques, as well as an understanding of this predatory game fish's seasonal movements and changes in behavior.
The Eponym Dictionary is a series of brief but concise biographies of all those people after whom fish have been named in both the vernacular and scientific names.
WINNER OF THE JOHN AVERY AWARD AT THE ANDR SIMON AWARDS If we can save the salmon, we can save the world Over the centuries, salmon have been a vital resource, a dietary staple and an irresistible catch.
Parasites of North American Freshwater Fishes serves as an essential reference for understanding the complex relationships between fish and their parasitic counterparts in freshwater ecosystems.
Parasites of North American Freshwater Fishes serves as an essential reference for understanding the complex relationships between fish and their parasitic counterparts in freshwater ecosystems.
Boreal Shield Watersheds: Lake Trout Ecosystems in a Changing Environment brings together the work of a renowned international group of scientists who specialize in aquatic science and environmental management.
Annual Fishes: Life History Strategy, Diversity, and Evolution is the first comprehensive reference on current knowledge of diverse species that exhibit unique survival strategies and provide important models for basic and applied research.
This discipline of behavioural ecology has reached a turning point- empirical evidence in behavioural ecology has led to the reformulation of the classic explanatory theories, and new areas of interest have opened up.
This book contains detailed information on the physical, chemical and biological ceanographic features at various depths for all the 15 regions of the Atlantic, Pacific, Indian and Southern Oceans as categorized by the Food and Agriculture Organization, and on the commercially important marine fishes and details of fish catches in all the 15 regions of the major oceans since 1950.
