-----Original Message-----
From: peter.unmack at ASU.Edu <peter.unmack at ASU.Edu>
To: rainbowfish <rainbowfish at pcug.org.au>
Cc: acn-l <acn-l at acn.ca>
Date: Tuesday, 25 November 1997 12:35
Subject: [RML] BOOK ON AUSTRALIAN FRESHWATER FISHES (fwd)
>G'day folks
>
>Thought I'd forward this on. The original poster is a little over
>enthusiastic about the book, it's ok, but nothing special relative to the
>first edition with added mistakes and little focus on conservation
>despite it's importance these days. However, for the price being offered
>it is an excellent deal.
>
>Cheers
>
>Peter Unmack
>
>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 10:13:05 +0010
>From: Peter Gehrke <mail.fisheries.nsw.gov.au at FISHERIES.NSW.GOV.AU>
>To: fish-ecology at helios.ulpgc.es
>Subject: BOOK ON AUSTRALIAN FRESHWATER FISHES
>
>McDowall, R.M. (1986) Freshwater Fishes of South-Eastern Australia.
>(2nd edn). Reed Books. 247 pp.
>
>This book is the most comprehensive and up to date book on Australian
>freshwater fish. The first edition was released in 1980, and this
>edition includes major revisions of nearly all chapters. The latest
>edition will serve as the major reference book of fish in south-east
>Australia for the next decade, and should find a place on the
>bookshelves of all scientists, students and natural historians
>around the world interested in freshwater fish.
>
>Copies of this useful book are now available at the substantially
>discounted price of AUD $10.00 each, through the editor:
>
>Dr Bob McDowall e-mail R.McDowall at NIWA.CRI.NZ
>
>This is not an obscure, out-dated book of limited interst being
>flogged to clear the shelves. This is a valuable resource selling at
>a bargain price.
>
>PLEASE DIRECT ALL REQUESTS TO THE EDITOR.
>
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>Peter Gehrke
>
>Peter C. Gehrke
>Cooperative Research Centre for Freshwater Ecology
>NSW Fisheries Research Institute
>P.O. Box 21
>Cronulla
>New South Wales 2230
>Australia
>
>Phone: (02) 9527-8411
>Fax: (02) 9527-8576
>Email: gehrkep at fisheries.nsw.gov.au
>