A Field Guide to Atlantic Coast Fishes

A Field Guide to Atlantic Coast Fishes
Author: C. Richard Robins
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 508
Release: 1986
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780395975152

The more than 1,000 species descriptions in this guide include information on range and habitat such as depths, bottom types, water temperatures, and salinity. The almost 1,100 illustrations use the Peterson Identification System for quick, accurate field identification.

Peterson First Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians

Peterson First Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians
Author: Robert C. Stebbins
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 132
Release: 1999-04-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780395971956

The most common snakes, turtles, lizards, frogs and toads, salamanders, and crocodilia of North America.

Peterson First Guide to Shells of North America

Peterson First Guide to Shells of North America
Author: Jackie Leatherbury Douglass
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 134
Release: 1998-05-11
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780395911822

Describes and illustrates shells found in North America, including gastropods, chitons, and bivalves.

Ecology of North American Freshwater Fishes

Ecology of North American Freshwater Fishes
Author: Stephen T. Ross
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 480
Release: 2013-06-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0520249453

The North American freshwater fish fauna is the most diverse and thoroughly researched temperate fish fauna in the world. Ecology of North American Freshwater Fishes is the only textbook to provide advanced undergraduate and graduate students and researchers with an up-to-date and integrated view of the ecological and evolutionary concepts, principles, and processes involved in the formation and maintenance of this fauna. Ecology of North American Freshwater Fishes provides readers with a broad understanding of why specific species and assemblages occur in particular places. Additionally, the text explores how individuals and species interact with each other and with their environments, how such interactions have been altered by anthropogenic impacts, and the relative success of efforts to restore damaged ecosystems. This book is designed for use in courses related to aquatic and fish ecology, fish biology, ichthyology, and related advanced ecology and conservation courses, and is divided into five sections for ease of use. Chapter summaries, supplemental reading lists, online sources, extensive figures, and color photography are included to guide readers through the material and facilitate student learning. Part 1: Faunal origins, evolution, and diversity Presents a broad pictureÑboth spatially and temporallyÑof the derivation of the fauna, including global and regional geological and climatological processes and their effects on North American fishes. Part 2: Formation, maintenance, and persistence of local populations and assemblages Focuses on how local fish populations and assemblages are formed and how they persist, or not, through time. Part 3: Form and function Deals with the relationship of body form and life history patterns as they are related to ecological functions. Part 4: Interactions among individuals and species Discusses the numerous interactions among individuals and species through communication, competition, predation, mutualism, and facilitation. Part 5: Issues in conservation Focuses on several primary conservation issues such as flow alterations and the increasing biotic homogenization of faunas.

Peterson First Guide to Dinosaurs

Peterson First Guide to Dinosaurs
Author: John C. Kricher
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 132
Release: 1999-01-29
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9780395971963

Introduces the names and characteristics of dinosaurs, along with recent discoveries that shed new light on the way dinosaurs may have lived.

A Field Guide to Mexican Birds

A Field Guide to Mexican Birds
Author: Roger Tory Peterson
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 428
Release: 1999-03
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780395975145

With more than 700 color paintings arranged by families for quick comparison of similar species, and with detailed information on range, habitat, size, and voice, this field guide describes and illustrates 1,038 species of Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, and El Salvador.