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For everyday anglers, armchair enthusiasts, and serious students of the fish alike, Fishes of the Great Lakes remains the definitive guide in the identification and study of the fishes of this important freshwater region.
Organized by fish family, with sections on waters of the Great Lakes region, zoogeography, filed study and collection, preservation of fishes for study, fish identification, anatomy, terminology, and more, Fishes of the Great Lakes is comprehensive in its scope and breadth of information-truly the classic work on Great Lakes fishes.
It also documents a half century of changes in fish population in the region that have resulted from pollution, development, and the introduction of nonnative species. This edition will thus inspire future generations of anglers students to take a fresh look at one of our most important fauna.
Author bios:
Carl Hubbs and Karl Lagler were influential leaders in twentieth-century American ichthyology and fishery management; both brought their knowledge of fish to the University of Michigan. Gerald R. Smith is Curator Emeritus at the University of Michigan Zoology Museum and is a leading expert in fish identification in the Great Lakes Region.
| Waters of the Great Lakes region and their fish associations | 3 | |
| Zoogeography | 7 | |
| Postglacial redispersal | 10 | |
| Field study and collection of fishes | 19 | |
| Preservation of fishes for study | 25 | |
| Identification of fishes | 27 | |
| Anatomy, terms, and methods of counting and measuring | 29 | |
| Key to the families of Great Lakes fishes | 41 | |
| Families and species of Great Lakes fishes, with keys and species accounts | 54 | |
| App | Diagnostic shapes and pigment patterns of larvae of some species of Great Lakes fishes | 227 |
Overview
For everyday anglers, armchair enthusiasts, and serious students of the fish alike, Fishes of the Great Lakes remains the definitive guide in the identification and study of the fishes of this important freshwater region.
Organized by fish family, with sections on waters of the Great Lakes region, zoogeography, filed study and collection, preservation of fishes for study, fish identification, anatomy, terminology, and more, Fishes of the Great Lakes is comprehensive in its scope...