Reviews
A comprehensive resource related to the life history of the estuarine ichthyofauna found along the eastern seaboard of the US... The information is presented in a clear, logical manner.
An impressive and important compendium that only Ken Able and Mike Fahay could produce.
It is very difficult to to justice to this impressive book... This reviewer congratulates the authors on the volume and expects and hopes that this valuable volume will be obtained and used by estuarine fish biologists worldwide.
Although this nearly monumental work sums to a wealth of hard-gained knowledge, the authors pose enough important questions to show that estuarine fish science still has much to discover.
Kenneth W. Able and Michael P. Fahay draw on their own studies and other research to summarize and synthesize all the known facts about the ecology of 93 important species of fish that inhabit the temperate waters of the Western Atlantic.
No one else could have written this book. I am amazed by the depth and range of knowledge demonstrated. This synthesis is a major contribution to estuarine fish studies.
Book Details
Preface
1. Introduction
2. Study Area
3. Approach
4. General Characteristics of the Temperate Ichthyofauna
5. Reproduction and Development
6. Larval Supply, Settlement, Growth, and Mortality
7. Habitat Use
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Preface
1. Introduction
2. Study Area
3. Approach
4. General Characteristics of the Temperate Ichthyofauna
5. Reproduction and Development
6. Larval Supply, Settlement, Growth, and Mortality
7. Habitat Use
8. Prey and Predators
9. Migration
10. Climate Change
11. Future Directions
12. Acipenser brevirostrum Lesueur
13. Acipenser oxyrinchus Mitchill
14. Carcharhinus plumbeus (Nardo)
15. Mustelus canis canis (Mitchill)
16. Rhinoptera bonasus (Mitchill)
17. Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur)
18. Myrophis punctatus Lütken
19. Conger oceanicus (Mitchill)
20. Alosa aestivalis (Mitchill)
21. Alosa mediocris (Mitchill)
22. Alosa pseudoharengus (Wilson)
23. Alosa sapidissima (Wilson)
24. Brevoortia tyrannus (Latrobe)
25. Clupea harengus Linnaeus
26. Dorosoma cepedianum (Lesueur)
27. Opisthonema oglinum (Lesueur)
28. Anchoa hepsetus (Linnaeus)
29. Anchoa mitchilli (Valenciennes)
30. Engraulis eurystole (Swain and Meek)
31. Osmerus mordax (Mitchill)
32. Synodus foetens (Linnaeus)
33. Enchelyopus cimbrius (Linnaeus)
34. Urophycis chuss (Walbaum)
35. Urophycis regia (Walbaum)
36. Urophycis tenuis (Mitchill)
37. Microgadus tomcod (Walbaum)
38. Pollachius virens (Linnaeus)
39. Ophidion marginatum (DeKay)
40. Opsanus tau (Linnaeus)
41. Strongylura marina (Walbaum)
42. Cyprinodon variegatus Lacepède
43. Fundulus confl uentus Goode and Bean
44. Fundulus diaphanus (Lesueur)
45. Fundulus heteroclitus (Linnaeus)
46. Fundulus luciae (Baird)
47. Fundulus majalis (Walbaum)
48. Lucania parva (Baird and Girard)
49. Gambusia holbrooki Girard
50. Membras martinica (Valenciennes)
51. Menidia beryllina (Cope)
52. Menidia menidia (Linnaeus)
53. Apeltes quadracus (Mitchell)
54. Gasterosteus aculeatus Linnaeus
55. Hippocampus erectus Perry
56. Syngnathus fuscus Storer
57. Prionotus carolinus (Linnaeus)
58. Prionotus evolans (Linnaeus)
59. Myoxocephalus aenaeus (Mitchill)
60. Morone americana (Gmelin)
61. Morone saxatilis (Walbaum)
62. Centropristis striata (Linnaeus)
63. Mycteroperca microlepis (Goode and Bean)
64. Pomatomus saltatrix (Linnaeus)
65. Caranx hippos (Linnaeus)
66. Trachinotus carolinus (Linnaeus)
67. Trachinotus falcatus (Linnaeus)
68. Lutjanus griseus (Linnaeus)
69. Lagodon rhomboides (Linnaeus)
70. Stenotomus chrysops (Linnaeus)
71. Bairdiella chrysoura (Lacepède)
72. Cynoscion nebulosus (Cuvier)
73. Cynoscion regalis (Bloch and Schneider)
74. Leiostomus xanthurus Lacepède
75. Menticirrhus saxatilis (Bloch and Schneider)
76. Micropogonias undulatus (Linnaeus)
77. Pogonias cromis (Linnaeus)
78. Sciaenops ocellatus (Linnaeus)
79. Chaetodon capistratus Linnaeus
80. Chaetodon ocellatus Bloch
81. Mugil cephalus Linnaeus
82. Mugil curema Valenciennes
83. Tautoga onitis (Linnaeus)
84. Tautogolabrus adspersus (Walbaum)
85. Pholis gunnellus (Linnaeus)
86. Ammodytes americanus DeKay
87. Astroscopus guttatus Abbott
88. Chasmodes bosquianus (Lacepède)
89. Hypsoblennius hentz (Lesueur)
90. Gobiesox strumosus Cope
91. Ctenogobius boleosoma ( Jordan and Gilbert)
92. Gobiosoma bosc (Lacepède)
93. Gobiosoma ginsburgi Hildebrand and Schroeder
94. Microgobius thalassinus ( Jordan and Gilbert)
95. Sphyraena borealis DeKay
96. Peprilus triacanthus (Peck)
97. Scophthalmus aquosus (Mitchill)
98. Etropus microstomus (Gill)
99. Paralichthys dentatus (Linnaeus)
100. Pseudopleuronectes americanus (Walbaum)
101. Trinectes maculatus (Bloch and Schneider)
102. Symphurus plagiusa (Linnaeus)
103. Chilomycterus schoepfii (Walbaum)
104. Sphoeroides maculatus (Bloch and Schneider)
Appendix: Collection Data for Illustrations
Bibliography
Index