39 research outputs found
Water Currents in Spawning Areas of Pebble Nests of \u3cem\u3eNocomis Leptocephalus\u3c/em\u3e (Pisces: Cyprinidae)
Freshwater ecoregions of the world: A new map of biogeographic units for freshwater biodiversity conservation
We present a new map depicting the first global biogeographic regionalization of Earth's freshwater systems. This map of freshwater ecoregions is based on the distributions and compositions of freshwater fish species and incorporates major ecological and evolutionary patterns. Covering virtually all freshwater habitats on Earth, this ecoregion map, together with associated species data, is a useful tool for underpinning global and regional conservation planning efforts (particularly to identify outstanding and imperiled freshwater systems); for serving as a logical framework for large-scale conservation strategies; and for providing a global-scale knowledge base for increasing freshwater biogeographic literacy. Preliminary data for fish species compiled by ecoregion reveal some previously unrecognized areas of high biodiversity, highlighting the benefit of looking at the world's freshwaters through a new framework.La lista completa de autores que integran el documento puede consultarse en el archivo.Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Muse
Freshwater ecoregions of the world: A new map of biogeographic units for freshwater biodiversity conservation
We present a new map depicting the first global biogeographic regionalization of Earth's freshwater systems. This map of freshwater ecoregions is based on the distributions and compositions of freshwater fish species and incorporates major ecological and evolutionary patterns. Covering virtually all freshwater habitats on Earth, this ecoregion map, together with associated species data, is a useful tool for underpinning global and regional conservation planning efforts (particularly to identify outstanding and imperiled freshwater systems); for serving as a logical framework for large-scale conservation strategies; and for providing a global-scale knowledge base for increasing freshwater biogeographic literacy. Preliminary data for fish species compiled by ecoregion reveal some previously unrecognized areas of high biodiversity, highlighting the benefit of looking at the world's freshwaters through a new framework.La lista completa de autores que integran el documento puede consultarse en el archivo.Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Muse
Freshwater ecoregions of the world: A new map of biogeographic units for freshwater biodiversity conservation
We present a new map depicting the first global biogeographic regionalization of Earth's freshwater systems. This map of freshwater ecoregions is based on the distributions and compositions of freshwater fish species and incorporates major ecological and evolutionary patterns. Covering virtually all freshwater habitats on Earth, this ecoregion map, together with associated species data, is a useful tool for underpinning global and regional conservation planning efforts (particularly to identify outstanding and imperiled freshwater systems); for serving as a logical framework for large-scale conservation strategies; and for providing a global-scale knowledge base for increasing freshwater biogeographic literacy. Preliminary data for fish species compiled by ecoregion reveal some previously unrecognized areas of high biodiversity, highlighting the benefit of looking at the world's freshwaters through a new framework.La lista completa de autores que integran el documento puede consultarse en el archivo.Facultad de Ciencias Naturales y Muse
Illinois status survey of the redside dace, Clinostomus elongatus: the newest addition to the state's native fauna
INHS Technical Report prepared for IDNR Division of Natural Heritag
Annotated Catalog of Type Specimens in the Illinois Natural History Survey Fish Collection
The Fish Collection of the Illinois Natural
History Survey (INHS) dates back to the late
1800s and the extensive surveys of Illinois
fishes led by Dr. Stephen A. Forbes, director of
the Survey's predecessor, the Illinois State
Laboratory of Natural History (ISLNH). From
1876 to 1903 Forbes, assisted by his esteemed
colleague Robert E. Richardson and numerous
field and laboratory personnel, collected and
preserved over 200,000 specimens from more
than 450 localities distributed in 93 of the 102
counties of Illinois. During this time, the
ISLNH Collection served as the basis for
several catalogs of Illinois fishes (Nelson 1876;
Jordan 1878a; Forbes 1884; Large 1903), and
provided material for the description of at least
25 species. This work culminated in the classic
Fishes of Illinois written by Forbes and
Richardson, published by the Survey in 1909
and reprinted in 1920 (although no publication
date is given for the original volume, H.C.
Oesterling, former INHS editor, lists the date as
1909 in Howard 1932:46). Accompanied by a
separate atlas of distribution maps of 98
species, this comprehensive treatment of the
state's ichthyofauna still is recognized as one of
the finest publications on fishes.
The INHS Fish Collection was expanded
by Dr. Philip W. Smith, who worked as a
systematic biologist at the Survey from 1942
until his retirement in 1979 (Burr and Page
1987). Over a period of 1 1 years from 1962 to
1972, Smith assembled a large collection of
fishes from Illinois and neighboring states. The
ichthyological surveys conducted by Smith, his
students, and INHS staff led to the publication
of a second Fishes of Illinois (Smith 1979).
Smith's monograph provided identification
keys, information on the ecology and taxonomy
of Illinois fishes, and detailed distribution maps
that documented changes in the state's fish
fauna that had occurred since the survey of
Forbes and Richardson.
The size and geographic scope of the
INHS collection have been considerably
expanded in the past three decades; the
collection now contains about 7 1 1 ,000 cataloged
specimens (over 7 1 ,000 lots) of more
than 1,800 species. A recent literature survey
identified over 250 publications citing the use
of INHS specimens over the past 40 years.
Included are two publications that have greatly
advanced both the professional and popular
understanding of North American fishes: the
Handbook of Darters (Page 1983) and A Field
Guide to Freshwater Fishes of North America
North of Mexico (Page and Burr 1991).published or submitted for publicationis peer reviewe
Freshwater Mussels, Crayfishes, and Fishes of the Little Vermilion River Drainage, Illinois
ID: 8309INHS Technical Report prepared for Division of Natural Heritage. Illinois Department of
Natural Resources