The Complex Lives of British Freshwater Fishes (Hardcover, 1)

Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. What is a fish? 3. What have freshwater fishes ever done for us? 4. Knowing your way round a fish 5. The piscatorial dramatis personae 6. Freshwater fish ecosystems 7. Sex lives of the British freshwater fishes 8. The things that Britain’s freshwater fishes eat 9. The curious world of Britain’s freshwater fishes. 10. The curious and curiouser world of the European eel 11. Conservation. 12. Management of fresh waters for fish 13. Fish twitching 14. So what have we learned about Britain’s freshwater fishes?Appendix 1: Glossary. Appendix 2: Distribution maps of British freshwater fishesAppendix 3: The tendency of British freshwater leuciscine fishes to hybridise Appendix 4: Key identification features of British freshwater cyprinid fishes Appendix 5: Freshwater fishes banned under UK legislation Appendix 6: Fish species scheduled for conservation action