The natural history of native fishes In the Death Valley system
Soltz DL and Naiman RJ. 1978. The natural history of native fishes In the Death Valley system. Natural History Museum, Los Angeles County. Death Valley Natural History Assoc.. Los Angeles, CA. 30
In the Death Valley System, there were ten species of fish, one of which became extinct recently, and nine occur nowhere else on earth. There are five species of pupfish (genus Cyprinodon), two species of killifish (genus Empetrichthys, one species is extinct), two species of minnow (genera Gila and Rhinichthys), and one sucker (genus Catostomus). Nearly every population possesses distinctive characteristics and, in total, have revealed a great wealth of knowledge about the process of evolution, physiological and behavioral adaptations to harsh environments, and about desert ecosystems. Many aspects of the diverse Death Valley System are still being investigated, but such studies will never be totally 'complete' in this dynamic desert region.
- Type
- Book
- Authors
- Soltz, David; Naiman, Robert
- Date of Issue
- 1978-11-10
- Publisher
- Natural History Museum, Los Angeles County. Death Valley Natural History Assoc.
- Units
- DEVA , JOTR , ORPI
- Keywords
- Absence (Biodiversity), Abundance (Biodiversity), Aquatic Habitat, Death Valley National Park CA NV, Distribution (Biodiversity), Endangered Species, Native Fish, Natural History, Natural Resources, Presence (Biodiversity), pupfish (Cyprinodon), Taxa Links To Datasets, Taxa Links To References, Threatened