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Hornyheads, Madtoms, and Darters
Narratives on Central Appalachian Fishes
Stuart A. Welsh
- 320 pages
- English
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Hornyheads, Madtoms, and Darters
Narratives on Central Appalachian Fishes
Stuart A. Welsh
About This Book
A collection of essays on nature, naturalists, and the natural history of fishes in central Appalachia.
A nature lover's paradise, central Appalachia supports a diversity of life in an extensive network of waterways and is home to a dazzling array of fish species. This book focuses not only on the fishes of central Appalachia but also on the fascinating things these fishes do in their natural habitats. An ecological dance unfolds from a species and population perspective, although the influence of the community and the ecosystem also figures in the text. Stuart A. Welsh's essays link central Appalachian fishes with the complexities of competition and predation, species conservation, parasitic infections, climate change, public attitudes, reproductive and foraging ecology, unique morphology, habitat use, and nonnative species. The book addresses a selection of the families of central Appalachian fishes, including lampreys, gars, freshwater eels, pikes, minnows, suckers, catfishes, trouts, trout-perches, sculpins, sunfishes, and perches.
These essays often refer to the works of naturalists who contributed to our knowledge of nature during previous centuries and who recorded their discoveries when science writing was less concise than it is today. Although many of these works are nearly forgotten, these early naturalists built a strong knowledge base that supports much of our current science and thus merits reexamination. Most people are not scientists, but many have an interest in nature and are, in their own way, naturalists. This book is for those people willing to peer beneath the water's surface.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Frontispiece
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Chapter 1: Lamprey Enlightened
- Chapter 2: Ill-Regarded
- Chapter 3: Eel Ways
- Chapter 4: Smoke-Screen Foraging
- Chapter 5: Karpfen
- Chapter 6: Hornyhead
- Chapter 7: Nocomis Nests
- Chapter 8: Spots and Dots
- Chapter 9: Anomalous Anatomy
- Chapter 10: Sucker Savvy
- Chapter 11: Madtom Miniatures
- Chapter 12: Trees and Trout
- Chapter 13: Appalachian Apposition
- Chapter 14: Fragmented Thoughts
- Chapter 15: Satellite Sunfish
- Chapter 16: Gamest Fish That Swims
- Chapter 17: Charismatic Candy
- Chapter 18: Like a Rolling Stone
- Chapter 19: Tit-for-Tat
- Chapter 20: Discovering Diamonds
- Chapter 21: Fish Physics
- Chapter 22: Tippecanoe Is Tiny Too
- Chapter 23: Darter of Darters
- Epilogue
- Appendix 1
- Appendix 2
- Appendix 3
- Glossary
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index