By G.T.O LeBreton,F. William H. Beamish,Scott R. McKinley
Modern North American sturgeons and paddlefish are the results of a hundred million years of evolution. as soon as a vital part of aboriginal tradition, their numbers have been decimated through overfishing and habitat destruction up to now centuries.
This e-book info the vast technology geared toward aiding those notable species get over the edge of extinction, and describes the old, organic, and ecological value of North American sturgeon and paddlefish. The textual content is more suitable by means of images and exact line drawings.
This entire quantity should be a useful source for researchers, educators, and specialists, in educational and executive settings, who paintings to extra clinical knowing of those fishes. No different unmarried compilation has documented present details in such detail.
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