Fishes of Chesapeake Bay - Softcover

Edward O. Murdy; Ray S. Birdsong; John A. Musick

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1588340457 ISBN 13: 9781588340450

Publisher: Smithsonian, 2002

About this title

About the Author:

Edward O. Murdy is an ichthyologist with the National Science Foundation's Office of International Science and Engineering and a visiting researcher in the Department of Fishes at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History. Ray S. Birdsong was professor of biological sciences at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, until his death in 1995. John A. Musick is the A. Marshall Acuff, Jr., Professor of Marine Science at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science.

From Library Journal:

This comprehensive treatise enables users to identify 267 species of fish found in Chesapeake Bay through a system of keys to the orders, to the families within orders, and to the species within families. Written by biologists affiliated with either academic institutions or the National Science Foundation, it offers illustrations from the Smithsonian Institution archives. An introductory section describes the physical and chemical features of the bay, the general characteristics of the fish fauna, and the five major categories of fish that inhabit the varied environments of the bay. For each species, information is presented regarding its key features, geographical distribution, economy, and fishing interest. Also included are appendixes of sport fishing records, a list of fish species rarely recorded from Chesapeake Bay with bibliographical references, a glossary of selected technical terms, and a 13-page bibliography. Suitable for collections serving scientists, fishery mangers, and fishers requiring detailed information on fish of the East Coast.?Judith B. Barnett, Univ. of Rhode Island, Kingston
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Smithsonian
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 1588340457
• ISBN 13: 9781588340450
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 360