Biology, management, and conservation of lampreys in North America /
"Lampreys represent an ancient lineage extending back to the ostracoderms and are one of the most successful groups of living fishes. Perhaps best known for feeding on and killing bony fishes valued by humans, such as salmonids, lampreys exhibit a variety of fascinating life histories. Most lam...
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| Format: | Conference Proceeding Book |
| Language: | English |
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Bethesda, Md. :
American Fisheries Society,
2009.
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| Series: | American Fisheries Society symposium ;
72. |
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| Summary: | "Lampreys represent an ancient lineage extending back to the ostracoderms and are one of the most successful groups of living fishes. Perhaps best known for feeding on and killing bony fishes valued by humans, such as salmonids, lampreys exhibit a variety of fascinating life histories. Most lamprey species have lost the adult predatory stage of the life cycle and metamorphose, spawn, and die in the same stream in which they were spawned. Unfortunately, the bad reputation of predatory lampreys and the inconspicuous nature of small non-predaceous lampreys have resulted in their importance and special requirements in aquatic ecosystems being ignored. The impetus for this book was a petition to list four species of lamprey under the U.S. Endangered Species Act, which was denied in 2004 because of insufficient information. This decision energized many biologists to gather the scattered existing information on lampreys and to begin new research. This book presents new scientific as well as traditional (indigenous) knowledge of lampreys, while demonstrating their fascinating nature. Readers interested in learning about lampreys will find not only a wealth of new information but also extensive citations of existing information in each chapter."--Publisher's description. |
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| Item Description: | "Proceedings of the symposium Biology and Conservation of Lampreys in North America held in San Francisco, California, USA, 6 September 2007"--Title page. |
| Physical Description: | x, 321 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 1934874132 9781934874134 |