A timely, authoritative monograph that charts the distribution of North American freshwater fish throughout the continent, attempts to explain these observed distribution tendencies, and develops a theory for the dispersal and evolution of these fishes through historical drainage patterns, plate tectonics, and Pleistocene glaciation. Chapters cover ichthyofaunal 'provinces', fossil fishes, population ecology, and the effect of man's introduction of exotic species into the ecosystem.
- ISBN10 0471864196
- ISBN13 9780471864196
- Publish Date 30 April 1986
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Out of Print 10 May 1991
- Publish Country US
- Imprint John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 880
- Language English