The Wildlife Series: Trout edited by Judith Stolz and Judith Schnell. (HC, DJ, Fine Conditon - 1st Edition)

This book covers all aspects of the biology and ecology of North American trout species and varieties. A terrific book with a great many authoritative contributors. The book is divided into the following sections and chapters; what a trout is - the ancestry of trout, genes, the beauty of trout (meristic characters), inside the trout, senses and atxes; life as a trout - view from an observation tank, spawning and development, food and feeding behaviour (foraging sites, rogue trout, competition), migration, anadromous trout, life and death, trout as prey, pollution's effects; the trout's environs - aquatic conditions (temperature niches, 'warmwater' trout, fluctuating temperatures, faster growth), streams and rivers, tailwaters, lakes, the Great Lakes, oceans and estuaries, weather extremes (anchor ice); the species - Apache trout, Arctic charr, brook trout, brown trout, bull trout, cutthroat trout, Dolly Varden charr, gila trout, golden trout, lake trout, Mexican goden trout, rainbow trout, steelhead (dissolved oxygen, temperature); the future of trout - endangered species, why stock?

Great book in fine condition.  Looks unread. Hardcover and Dust Jacket. 

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