Contents
Foreword, by Stewart L. Udall
Preface
Acknowledgments
Section I. The Subjects and Their Plight
Chapter 1. Discovery and Extinction of Western Fishes: A Blink of the Eye in Geologic Time / W. L. Minckley and Michael E. Douglas
Chapter 2. Ichthyological Exploration of the American West: The Hubbs-Miller Era, 1915 - 1950 / Robert Rush Miller, Clark Hubbs, and Frances H. Miller
Section II. Spirals Toward Extinction: Actions and Reactions
Chapter 3. Ghosts of the Green River: Impacts of Green River Poisoning on Management of Native Fishes / Paul B. Holden
Chapter 4. The Desert Fishes Council: Catalyst for Change / Edwin Philip Pister
Chapter 5. Ash Meadows and the Legacy of the Devils Hole Pupfish / James E. Deacon and Cynthia Deacon Williams
Section III. Swimming Against the Current: Ethical, Political, and Other Conservation Tools
Chapter 6. Fishes in the Desert: Paradox and Responsibility / Holmes Rolston III
Chapter 7. Ethics, Federal Legislation and Litigation in the Battle Against Extinction / Cynthia Deacon Williams and James E. Deacon
Chapter 8. Evolution of a Cooperative Recovery Program for Endangered Fishes in the Upper Colorado River Basin / Richard S. Wydoski and John Hamill
Section IV. Some Concerns, Facilities, and Methods of Management
Chapter 9. Conservation Genetics and Genic Diversity in Freshwater Fishes of Western North America / Anthony A. Echelle
Chapter 10. On the Design of Preserves to Protect Native Fishes / Peter B. Moyle and Georgina M. Sato
Chapter 11. Preserves and Refuges for Native Western Fishes: History and Management / Jack E. Williams
Chapter 12. Conservation of Mexican Freshwater Fishes: Some Protected Sites and Species, and Recent Federal Legislation / Salvador Contreras Balderas
Chapter 13. Hatcheries for Endangered Freshwater Fishes / James E. Johnson and Buddy Lee Jensen
Chapter 14. Reclamation and Alteration as Management Techniques, and a Review of Methodology in Stream Renovation / John N. Rinne and Paul R. Turner
Section V. No Time to Lose: Management for Short-lived Fishes
Chapter 15. Conservation and Management of Short-lived Fishes: The Cyprinodontoids / W. L. Minckley, Gary K. Meffe, and David L. Soltz
Chapter 16. Transplanting Short-lived Fishes in North American Deserts: Review, Assessment, and Recommendation / Dean A. Hendrickson and James E. Brooks
Section VI. Problems of Time and Space: Recovery of Long-lived Species
Chapter 17. Management Toward Recovery of the Razorback Sucker / W. L. Minckley, Paul C. Marsh, James E. Brooks, James E. Johnson, and Buddy Lee Jensen
Chapter 18. Life History and Management of Four Endangered Lacustrine Suckers / G. Gary Scoppettone and Gary Vinyard
Chapter 19. Ecology and Management of Colorado Squawfish / Harold M. Tyus
Section VII. Epilogue: Swords of the Fathes, Paying the Piper, and Other Cliches
Chapter 20. Western Fishes and the Real World: The Enigma of "Endangered Species" Revisited / James E. Deacon and W. L. Minckley
Literature Cited
List of Contributors
Index of Common and Scientific Names
Index of Authors Cited
General Index