THE ECOLOGY OF THE WYE. By R.W. Edwards and M.P. Brooker. Micrographiae Biologicae Volume 50.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1982). 2008 1st edition. 8vo (159 x 247mm). Ppxii,164. B/w photographs & illustrations, maps, charts and tables, bibliography. White and blue titles to blue boards, spine titled in dark blue. Boards slightly rubbed and used. Good-plus, lacks dust-wrapper. Front end-paper inscribed by the author, "with best wishes, Ron Edwards". This volume is part of the Microbiographiae Biologicae Series. This series has its own ISBN number, 9061938813. Since 1904, tthe River Wye has been extensively tapped by reservoirs to supply Birmingham with water. Proposals to enlarge the Craig Goch reservoir "to provide storage to regulate the nautral flow" of the now depleted Wye, triggered the realisation that the ecology of the Wye was not sufficiently understood. This book provides a digest of research on the River Wye to time of publication. Chapters include: Geology, land-use and hydrology; Water quality of the river itself and the Elan Valley reservoirs; Plants; Macroinvertebrates; Fish - shad, chub, dace, roach, pike, grayling, bullhead, brown trout and salmon; Birds and mammals. The future - land use changes, water resource developments, effects of flow changes, effects of storage, general conclusions. Appendices include: List of pteridophyte and plant species found on the Wye and four of its major tributaries; List of lichen and bryophyte species on the Wye and four major tributaries; Macroinvertebrates in Wye catchment; Flight periods of adult insects collected at Newbridge-on-Wye; Species seen on the Wye Survey. .…