Ecology of Salmonids in Estuaries around the World
Adaptations, Habitats, and Conservation
- Publisher
- UBC Press
- Initial publish date
- May 2016
- Category
- Fish, Environmental Conservation & Protection, Ecology
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780774831765
- Publish Date
- May 2016
- List Price
- $75.00
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Description
Biologists have long marvelled at how anadromous salmonids -- fish that pass from rivers into oceans and back again -- survive as they migrate between these two very different environments. Yet, relatively little is understood about what happens to salmonids in the estuaries where they make this transition from fresh to salt water. This book distills the current knowledge of how eighteen salmonid species around the world (including salmon, steelhead, char, and trout) are adapted to estuaries. It discusses why the waters where rivers and oceans meet are critical to salmonid survival as well as how these vital habitats can be preserved and recovered.
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Contributor Notes
Colin Levings is a scientist emeritus in the Department of Fisheries and Oceans' Centre for Aquaculture and Environment Research in West Vancouver, British Columbia, and an adjunct faculty member in the Institute for Resources, Environment, and Sustainability at the University of British Columbia.