SubjectBiology, Management, and Conservation of Lampreys in North America
Edited by Larry Brown, Shawn Chase, Matthew Mesa, Richard Beamish and Peter Moyle
321 pages
Softcover | 2009 | #189387 | ISBN-13: 9781934874134
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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.
The resulting book presents new scientific as well as traditional (indigenous) knowledge of lampreys, while demonstrating their fascinating nature.
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.
The resulting book presents new scientific as well as traditional (indigenous) knowledge of lampreys, while demonstrating their fascinating nature.
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