The eel / / F.-W. Tesch ; with contributions from P. Bartsch ... [et al.] ; translated from the German by R.J. White ; edited by John E. Thorpe

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910876974403321
• Autore: Tesch Friedrich-Wilhelm
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford, UK, : Blackwell Science, c2003
• ISBN: 1-280-28485-4; 9786610284856; 0-470-70976-6; 1-4051-2815-1; 0-470-99538-6; 1-4051-7343-2
• Edizione: [3rd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (418 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): ThorpeJ. E (John E.)
• Disciplina: 597/.432
• Soggetti: Anguilla (Fish); Eel fisheries
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (341-397).
• Nota di contenuto: The Eel; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Chapter 1 Body structure and functions; Chapter 2 Developmental stages and distribution of the eel species; Chapter 3 Post-larval ecology and behaviour; Chapter 4 Harvest and environmental relationships; Chapter 5 Fishing methods; Chapter 6 Eel culture; Chapter 7 Diseases, parasites and bodily damage; Chapter 8 World trade and processing; References; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: A strong demand for an English version of the third German Edition of this extremely important book paved the way for this excellent new translation, which contains much new information from over 500 publications, not covered by the previous English language edition. The Eel is the standard work on the species with chapters in the book covering body structure and functions, developmental stages and distribution of the eel species, post-larval ecology and behaviour, harvest and environmental relationships, fishing methods, eel culture, diseases, parasites and bodily damage,