General Chapters

Fishes of the last Frontier

A Guide to the Life Histories, Biology, Ecology, and Management of Alaska Fishes.

 

Non-fish Chapters.

Section

Chapter Title

Topics

Biology

How are Fish Put Together?

Internal and external anatomy

Biology

More About Fins

Fins and function

Biology

Extra Sensory Beings

Sensory systems

Biology

Covered Up

Scale types and functions

Biology

All Gassed Up

Gas bladders and functions

Biology

Good Air In and Bad Air Out

Respiration and circulation

Biology

Water in Fish, Fish in Water

Osmoregulation and Anadromy

Biology

Fish and More Fish

Reproduction

Biology

Muscular Fish

Fish muscles and carotene in salmonids

Biology

Self Propelled Fuel Tanks

Energy storage as fat and changes in migrating salmon

Biology

Fish and Parasites

Fish parasites

Ecology

Telltale Scales

Aging fish

Ecology

Sensible Salmon

Hydrodynamics of migration

Ecology

Life Goes On--Sometimes

Winterkill

Ecology

Home Again, Home Again

How salmon migrate and research

Ecology

Web of Life

Food chain and food web

Ecology

Fish are Just Part of the Landscape

Simple zoogeography and Beringia

Ecology

It Takes an Entire Watershed to Raise a Fish

Complexity of fish habitat requirements

Ecology

Life on the Edge

Importance of Riparian Zones

Ecology

Invest in the Future

Portfolio Effect for fishes

People and Fish

What’s in a Name

Taxonomy and how a key works

People and Fish

Be Nice to Your Fish

Ethics and care of fish

People and Fish

Strategies for Managing Alaska’s Fish

Boards, Commissions, Councils, and more

People and Fish

A Year as a Fishery Biologist

Managing a fishery

People and Fish

Catch a Fish

Types of fishing gear

People and Fish

Get a Job

How to become a fish biologist

More Fish Stuff

The Wonderful World of Fishes

Diversity of fishes

More Fish Stuff

Fish Terms

Glossary

More Fish Stuff

List of Acronyms

Acronyms

More Fish Stuff

References and Suggested Readings

List of references

More Fish Stuff

Index

That’s it