Reproductive biology and early life history of fishes in the Ohio River drainage. Volume 1, Acipenseridae through esocidae.

摘要

The principal objective of this publication is to provide an illustrated resource document for biologists who study the reproductive biology and early life history of fishes that occur in the Ohio River or its tributaries. Comprehensive reviews of the literature as well as presentations of original data are included. Three purposed are served by this work: it provides another step in the evaluation and advancement of larval fish taxonomy; it identifies gaps in the knowledge of reproductive biology and early life ecology of fishes from the study area; and it should stimulate study in areas where such knowledge is still lacking. The diversity of species in the Ohio River drainage should make this document useful to fisheries biologists throughout the eastern and central United States. Individual papers are described separately.