Inland Fishes of the Greater Southwest - Minckley, W L; Marsh, Paul C
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This authoritative one-volume guide describes the native and nonnative fishes of the lower Colorado River basin, downstream from the Grand Canyon, and of the northern tributaries of the Sea of Cortez in the United States and Mexico. In all, there are in-depth accounts of more than 165 species representing 30 families. The book is not limited to the fish. It provides insights into their aquatic world with information on topography, drainage relations, climate, geology, vegetational history, aquatic habitats, human-made water systems, and conservation. A section of the book is devoted to fish…mehr

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This authoritative one-volume guide describes the native and nonnative fishes of the lower Colorado River basin, downstream from the Grand Canyon, and of the northern tributaries of the Sea of Cortez in the United States and Mexico. In all, there are in-depth accounts of more than 165 species representing 30 families. The book is not limited to the fish. It provides insights into their aquatic world with information on topography, drainage relations, climate, geology, vegetational history, aquatic habitats, human-made water systems, and conservation. A section of the book is devoted to fish identification, with keys to native and non-native families as well as family keys to species. The book is illustrated with more than 120 black-and-white illustrations, 47 full-colour plates of native fishes, and nearly
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W. L. Minckley joined the faculty of Arizona State University in 1963. At the time of his death in 2001, he was Emeritus Professor of Biology. He was author, co-author, or editor of several books, including Freshwater Fishes of Mexico, and he contributed to more than 200 journal articles and book chapters. Paul C. Marsh is a retired Faculty Research Associate in the School of Life Sciences at Arizona State University and a recognized authority on fishes of the American Southwest.