Pacific Salmon by Gordon Bell

Pacific Salmon by Gordon Bell

This book informs the curious lay person who wants to gain a basic understanding of the salmon, while keeping technical terms to minimum. The guide's lively and humorous style is augmented by cartoons, illustrations and a glossary, which makes for easy and entertaining readings. Author Gordon Bell gives a panoramic view of the five Pacific salmon species, their life histories, anatomy and physiology. Readers will come away with an appreciation of the salmon as well as their interaction with their environment. Full of fascinating facts and solid information, Pacific Salmon: From Egg to Exit, gives a comprehensive portrait of the Pacific salmon. This book informs the curious lay person who wants to gain a basic understanding of the salmon, while keeping technical terms to a minimum. The guide's lively and humorous style is augmented by cartoons, illustrations and a glossary, which makes for easy and entertaining reading. Author Gordon Bell gives a panoramic view of the five Pacific salmon species, their life histories, anatomy and physiology. Readers will come away with an appreciation of the salmon as well as their interaction with their environment. Dr. Bell draws on some thirty-five years of research on and teaching about salmon and other aquatic animals to give insight into the lives of our salmon species. The former head of Department of Fisheries and Oceans' Pacific Region Fish Health Program, Bell offers a sensitive and supportive depiction of the salmon as an animal, not just an object of sport and consumption. This book is sure to create and excite salmon enthusiasts everywhere.

GORDON BELL, a principal researcher at Microsoft, is one of the world's foremost computer scientists. He splits his time between San Francisco and Sydney, Australia. JIM GEMMELL, a Microsoft senior researcher, has worked with Bell since 1995. He currently resides in San Francisco.

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ISBN 13	9780888393791
ISBN 10	0888393792
Title	Pacific Salmon
Author	Gordon Bell
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada
Year published	1996-10-08
Number of pages	128
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