Texas Aquatic Science
Texas Aquatic Science

Author: Rudolph A. Rosen

Publisher: Texas A&M University Press

Published: 2014-12-29

Total Pages: 218

ISBN-13: 1623491932

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This classroom resource provides clear, concise scientific information in an understandable and enjoyable way about water and aquatic life. Spanning the hydrologic cycle from rain to watersheds, aquifers to springs, rivers to estuaries, ample illustrations promote understanding of important concepts and clarify major ideas. Aquatic science is covered comprehensively, with relevant principles of chemistry, physics, geology, geography, ecology, and biology included throughout the text. Emphasizing water sustainability and conservation, the book tells us what we can do personally to conserve for the future and presents job and volunteer opportunities in the hope that some students will pursue careers in aquatic science. Texas Aquatic Science, originally developed as part of a multi-faceted education project for middle and high school students, can also be used at the college level for non-science majors, in the home-school environment, and by anyone who educates kids about nature and water. To learn more about The Meadows Center for Water and the Environment, sponsors of this book's series, please click here.

Centrarchid Fishes
Centrarchid Fishes

Author: Steven Cooke

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2009-09-08

Total Pages: 560

ISBN-13: 9781444316049

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Centrarchid fishes, also known as freshwater sunfishes, include such prominent species as the Largemouth Bass, Smallmouth Bass and Bluegill. They are endemic to Eastern North America where they form part of a multi-million dollar sports fishing industry, but they have also been widely introduced around the globe by recreational anglers, in aquaculture programs and by government fisheries agencies. Centrarchid Fishes provides comprehensive coverage of all major aspects of this ecologically and commercially important group of fishes. Coverage includes diversity, ecomorphology, phylogeny and genetics, hybridization, reproduction, early life history and recruitment, feeding and growth, ecology, migrations, bioenergetics, physiology, diseases, aquaculture, fisheries management and conservation. Chapters have been written by well-known and respected scientists and the whole has been drawn together by Professors Cooke and Philipp, themselves extremely well respected in the area of fisheries management and conservation. Centrarchid Fishes is an essential purchase for all fish biologists, ecologists, fisheries managers and fish farm personnel who work with centrarchid species across the globe.

Berkeley County West Virginia Fishing & Floating Guide Book
Berkeley County West Virginia Fishing & Floating Guide Book

Author: Jim Maccracken

Publisher: Recreational Guides

Published: 2017-07-16

Total Pages: 412

ISBN-13:

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Berkeley County West Virginia Fishing & Floating Guide Book Over 400 full 8 ½ x 11 sized pages of information with maps and aerial photographs available. Fishing information is included for ALL of the county’s public ponds and lakes, listing types of fish for each pond or lake, average sizes, and exact locations with GPS coordinates and directions. Also included is fishing information for most of the streams and rivers including access points and public areas with road contact and crossing points and also includes fish types and average sizes. NEW NEW Now with a complete set of full sized U.S.G.S. Topographical Maps for the entire county that normally cost from $12.00 to $14.00 each but are included on the disk for FREE. These maps are complete full sized 7.5 minute series quadrangle maps in 1:24,000 scale maps. Contains complete information on Back Creek (F) Buzzard Run Harlan Run Middle Creek Mill Creek Mill Run Opequon Creek (F) Potomac River (F) Rocky Marsh Creek Sleepy Creeks Sleepy Creek Lake Tillhance Creek and Tuscarora Creek (F) means floatable stream or river

Food Habits of Five Centrarchids During Filling of Beaver Reservoir, 1965-66
Food Habits of Five Centrarchids During Filling of Beaver Reservoir, 1965-66

Author: James W. Mullan

Publisher:

Published: 1970

Total Pages: 16

ISBN-13:

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Stomach contents were examined from 1,886 largemouth bass, 334 spotted bass, 1,689 bluegills, 918 green sunfish, and 579 longear sunfish from the shoreline areas of Beaver Reservoir during two of the first three years of filling. Quality and quantity of food by seasons and size is related to abundance of the principal forage. Greatest volume of food were found in winter-spring months when water level rose and inudated soils for the first time; terrestrial earthworms, insects, slugs, spiders, centipedes, sowbugs, and work snakes were major foods in these seasons, particularly for fish of 101-200 mm in total length. Except for the larger bass, fish had smallest volumes in stomachs in later fall, following the decline that began when water levels stabilized in June.