Northern fishes : with special reference to the Upper Mississippi Valley / [by] Samuel Eddy and Thaddeus Surber.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eddy, Samuel, 1897-1972.

Contributor:

Surber, Thaddeus, 1871-1949.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fishes--Minnesota.

Fishes.

Fishes--Mississippi River Valley.

Freshwater fishes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (435 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

Rev. [i.e. 2nd] ed.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [1947]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

With the greatly increased interest in fishes and fishing since the earlier editions of this work were published, there has been need for a revised version of this indispensable book on the fishes of the Upper Mississippi Valley.

Contents:

Contents; Success in Fishing - Skill or Luck?; Fishing Techniques; Lake Dynamics; Population Dynamics; Management of Waters for Fish Production; Improvement of Lakes and Streams; The Natural Diet of Fish; Parasites and Infections of Fish; Anatomy and Physiology of Fish; Factors in the Aquatic Environment; Classification and Origin of the Fishes; Artificial Key to Families of Northern Fishes; Class Cyclostomata; Family Petromyzonidae; Class Osteichthyes; Family Polyodontidae; Family Acipenseridae; Family Lepisosteidae; Family Amiidae; Family Hiodontidae; Family Clupeidae; Family Salmonidae

Family Osmeridae Family Umbridae; Family Esocidae; Family Cyprinidae; Family Catostomidae; Family Ictaluridae; Family Anguillidae; Family Percopsidae; Family Aphredoderidae; Family Gadidae; Family Cyprinodontidae; Family Poeciliidae; Family Gasterosteidae; Family Atherinidae; Family Sciaenidae; Family Percichthyidae; Family Centrarchidae; Family Percidae; Family Cottidae; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-266) and index.

ISBN:

9780816662241

081666224X

OCLC:

476161933