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Title: Stream Ecology: Structure and function of running waters
ISBN: 140205582X
Author:
J. David Allan
Mar??a M. Castillo
Publicate Date: 2007-09-14
Publish: 2007-09-14
List Price: $89.95
Average Customer Rating: 4.0
Format: Paperback
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1: This text has few pictures but...
The composition and content of this text make up for a lack of illustrations, which are black and white photos or graphs.
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2: Accessible to Scientists - Not Fishermen
My interest in this book followed from a desire to obtain information that might help me outwit wild and wily trout by any and every means possible. And sure enough, this book contains a wealth of information. The only problem is that much of it is incomprehensible to the lay reader as opposed to the scientific community.
For instance, here's what I encountered as I researched what and how fish eat (feeding ecology of riverine fishes): "Herbivorous fishes with scraping mouthparts such as the stoneroller Campostoma anomalum clearly have little in common with ooze feeders such as the blunt-nose minnow Pimephales notatus. Some benthic invertebrate feeders utilize prey primarily from soft bottoms (the suckermouth minnow Phenacobius mirabilis), others from stony bottoms (the greenside darter Etheostoma blennioides)."
OK...
On the other hand, for biologists and advanced students of ecology the book presents a comprehensive exposition of technical information. And the rest of us, who may not be equipped to cut through the scientific jargon, will still take away a sense of the intricacy and complexity of the living systems of streams and rivers.
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3: Disappointing
since this is the best text on the subject. Cluttered and difficult, reads more like a literature review than a textbook. There is no glossary and the index isn't very good. The figures are hard to interpret without reading the text. The drawings are poor quality. On the other hand, it is packed with information. Anything you want to know about stream ecology is in here, its just difficult to access.
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4: Great book, and reference
Use this to go back to over and over again. Also helps to explain for all levels of understanding.
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