Britain s Freshwater Fishes

Release on 2013-07-21 | by Mark Everard

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Author: Mark Everard
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 9781400846894
Category: Nature
Page: 144
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Britain hosts a diversity of freshwater environments, from torrential hill streams and lowland rivers to lakes and reservoirs, ponds and canals, and ditches and estuaries. Britain's Freshwater Fishes covers more than 50 species of freshwater and brackish fish found in these waters. This beautifully illustrated guide features in-the-hand and in-the-water photographs throughout, and accessible and informative overviews of topics such as fish biology and life cycles. Detailed species accounts describe key identification features, with information on status, size and weight, habitat, ecology, and conservation. The book also includes a glossary and suggestions for further reading. This easy-to-use field guide will be invaluable to anyone interested in Britain's freshwater fish life, from naturalists and academics to students and anglers. Covers all of Britain's freshwater fishes Features beautiful photos throughout Includes detailed information on more than 50 species, the places they inhabit, and their roles in Britain's ecosystems Attractively designed and easy to use

Language: en
Pages: 144

Britain's Freshwater Fishes

Authors: Mark Everard

Categories: Nature

Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-07-28 - Publisher: Princeton University Press

Language: en
Pages: 355

The Complex Lives of British Freshwater Fishes

Authors: Mark Everard

Categories: Nature

Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-05-27 - Publisher: CRC Press

This stunningly illustrated book goes far beyond a run-of-the-mill nature guide. It explores the fascinating life histories of Britain’s freshwater fishes, a group of animals which, despite their importance and ubiquity in our diverse still and flowing fresh waters, has before now been rarely regarded and respected as 'wildlife'. Our

Language: en
Pages:

Freshwater Fishes in Britain

Authors: Cynthia Davies, Jonathan Shelley, Paul Harding, Ian McLean, Ross Gardiner, Graeme Peirson

Categories: Science

Type: BOOK - Published: 2021-10-25 - Publisher: BRILL

For most British natural historians, there is one vertebrate order that could well be said to be “out of sight, out of mind.” This is our freshwater fishes, familiar principally only to anglers, those concerned with managing rivers and other waterbodies, and a few research scientists. The results of this