Reproductive Biology and Early Life History of Fishes in the Ohio River Drainage : Aphredoderidae Through Cottidae, Moronidae, and Sciaenidae, Volume 5

This seven-volume series is the most extensive treatise on early life histories of the freshwater fishes of North America. It represents the state-of-the-art in fishery biology and provides a systematic approach to the study of early life histories of all the fishes in this region. Each volume contains distinguishing characteristics and a pictorial guide to the families of fishes in the OR Drainage, followed by chapters on the families. This series fills a gap in the literature, providing information on the spawning habitat requirements, reproductive behavior, and ecological relationships during the first few months of life for most species. This fifth volume examines the families aphredoderidae through sciaenidae. Knowledge of the early life stages of fishes is crucial for the effective monitoring and management of fish populations and habitats, and the evaluation of environmental impacts and recovery of endangered species. Unfortunately, the proper identification of targeted species has stunted the development of the field.Now a series has emerged that stands as the leading resource on the reproduction and development of many North American fishes. Reproductive Biology and Early Life History of Fishes in the Ohio River Drainage fills immense gaps in knowledge of issues related to early life development of fishes in the Ohio Basin.Volume 5 in the series describes the characteristics of the families Aphredoderidae through Cottidae, Moronidae, and Sciaenidae, which includes perch, cod, bass, mullets, and others. Subtopics within each species description include range, distribution, occurrence, spawning, eggs, development, ecology of early life phases, and more.This book serves as both a handbook to help identify individual larval fish, and as a reference for those concerned with the overall health of the ecosystems or fisheries that they are monitoring. One of seven volumes detailing the various families of fish present in the drainage. The information is based on field collections of early life phases and propagation and culture activities throughout the study area. Family chapters are organized into species arranged alphabetically within genus and sometimes higher taxonomic groupings such as subgenera depending on larval diagnostic traits within the family. Information on each species includes range within and beyond the Ohio River System, adult habitat and movement patterns, spawning behavior, eggs, development, a comparison with species it might be confused for, the ecology of early life forms, and references for further research. There is no index. The 1990 first edition was by Wallus and Bruce L. Yeager. Annotation : 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com) v. 1. Acipenseridae through Esocidae / principal authors: Robert Wallus, Bruce L. Yeager, Thomas P. Simon. v. 2. Catostomidae / co-authors: Larry K. Kay, Robert Wallus, Bruce L. Yeager. v. 3. Ictaluridae: catfish and madtoms / Thomas P. Simon, Robert Wallus. v. 4. Percidae: perch, pikeperch, and darters / Thomas P. Simon, Robert Wallus. v. 5. Aphredoderidae through Cottidae, Moronidae, and Sciaenidae / Robert Wallus, Thomas P. Simon. Content: v. 1. Acipenseridae through Esocidae -- v. 2. Catostomidae. -- v. 3. Catfish and Madtoms -- v. 4. Percidae -- Perch, Pikeperch, and Darters -- v. 5. Aphredoderidae through Sciaenidae., Moronidae, and Sciaenidae -- v. 6. Elassomatidae and Centrarchidae.