Relicts of a beautiful sea : survival, extinction, and conservation in a desert world / Christopher J. Norment.

Author/creator Norment, Christopher author.
Format Book
PublicationChapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2014]
Copyright Date©2014
Description271 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Subjects
Salamanders--Great Basin.
Toads--Great Basin.
Desert animals--Great Basin.
Relicts (Biology)--Great Basin.
Fishes--Great Basin.
Desert ecology--Great Basin.
Conservation biology--Great Basin.
Great Basin--Climate.

Contents Prologue : Oh my desert -- Collecting the dead -- A cultivation of slowness : the Inyo Mountains slender salamander (Batrachoseps campi) -- Surviving an onslaught : the Owens pupfish (Cyprinodon radiosus) -- Some fish : the Salt Creek and Cottonball Marsh pupfishes (Cyprinodon salinus salinus and Cyprinodon salinus milleri) -- A fragile existence : the Devils Hole pupfish (Cyprinodon diabolis) -- Swimming from the ruins : the Ash Meadows and Warm Springs Amargosa pupfishes (Cyprinodon nevadensis mionectes and Cyprinodon nevadensis pectoralis) -- Exile and loneliness : the black toad (Bufo exsul) -- The view from Telescope Peak -- Epilogue : Hold steady.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 237-268) and index.
LCCN 2014009210
ISBN9781469618661 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN1469618664 (cloth : alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks QL668 .C2 N67 2014 ✔ Available Place Hold