This natural history details the salmon's extraordinary life cycle and covers the latest scientific research on exactly where salmon travel to in the sea, what influences the numbers that return to the river, the impact of global warming on migratory patterns, and what we can tell from scale readings. Includes conservation efforts in North America and Europe to protect this amazing species.
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This natural history details the salmon's extraordinary life cycle and covers the latest scientific research on exactly where salmon travel to in the sea, what influences the numbers that return to the river, the impact of global warming on migratory patterns, and what we can tell from scale readings. Includes conservation efforts in North America and Europe to protect this amazing species.
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Hardback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Artikel-Nr. GOR004917747
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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 2005). (2005) 2005 1st US edition. Oblong 4to (285 x 222mm). Pp134. Colour paintings by Rod Sutterby, colour maps, text by Malcolm Greenhalgh, bibliography. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Slight use but very good in slightly tanned dust-wrapper. "We all imagine we know a great deal about our quarry. This fascinating exposition of the life-cycle of the salmon will make every reader realise that there is so much more to know. Packed with all the latest scientific knowledge, it weaves hard facts so cleverly into the fabric of an enthralling narrative that I found it difficult to put down. I commend it to everyone who loves the King of Fish, the Atlantic salmon." (Orri Vigfusson, chairman of the North Atlantic Salmon Fund). Malcolm Greenhalgh is the UK's leading expert on the natural history of salmon and sea-trout. Rod Sutterby is a noted artist of some accomplishment. All in all a beautifully illustrated and informative book well worth a read for anyone with an interest in the species be they angler, naturalist or otherwise. Chapters include:- The Atlantic salmon; Life in the nursery; And off to sea; Return to the river; Has the Atlantic Salmon a future? Paintings and illustrations include; Spey hen fish; summer salmon from River Coquet; Eosalmo driftwoodensis; brown trout; sockeye salmon; Arctic charr; European grayling; cherry salmon; pollan or whitefish; soho salmon; land-locked salmon; three Findhorn salmon; spawning sequence; pair of salmon on the redds; Kellah Burn; egg to fry; fingerling and parr; adult mayfly and stonefly nymph; smolts entering the sea; post-smolts; pike and brown trout; rainbow trout; deforested moorland; grilse; krill; ocean grilse; Findhorn springer; capelin; bottlenosed dolphins; summer grilse, River Halladale; traditional salmon flies; nursery stream; salmon in the estuary; summer salmon; salmon scales; river Aros salmon; a holding pool; River Tyne; modern salmon flies; and much else besides. . Artikel-Nr. 59005
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