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new Alabama mussel book

Started by Guest_AC-Editor_* , Jul 26 2008 04:10 PM

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#1 Guest_AC-Editor_*

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Posted 26 July 2008 - 04:10 PM

Received from NANFA member Jim Williams:

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Williams_et_al_2008_Alabama_Mussel_Book_flyer.pdf 531.83KB 31 downloads

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#2 Guest_Ouassous_*

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Posted 17 August 2008 - 12:58 AM

Looks quite definitive!

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#3 Guest_farmertodd_*

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Posted 23 August 2008 - 10:52 PM

This book is 8 lbs of OMG. For 50 bucks, you can't go wrong!!!

Todd

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#4 Guest_ashtonmj_*

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Posted 24 August 2008 - 09:15 AM

I pre-ordered mine and it still hasn't shipped....

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#5 Guest_farmertodd_*

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Posted 24 August 2008 - 09:06 PM

I would expect it the next couple days. The folks in MO got theirs two days before I did. It's probably got something to do with distance from Chicago.

Todd

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#6 Guest_ashtonmj_*

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Posted 26 August 2008 - 05:07 PM

WOW that is a book! I'm affraid my bookshelf at work might break with this added weight. Thank God they went with normal dimensions for something this big. Heck for $50.00 it might appreciate more than some investments. I must say that in early April I had the pleasure of finally meeting Art and you could see the relief in his eyes that the book was finally coming to fruition.

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#7 Guest_fundulus_*

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Posted 26 August 2008 - 05:17 PM

Jeff Garner is much relieved it's finally out, too.

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#8 Guest_Newt_*

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Posted 26 August 2008 - 05:22 PM

Is it set up like the AL freshwater fishes book, with all of the Mobile drainage species included?

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#9 Guest_fundulus_*

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Posted 26 August 2008 - 07:04 PM

Yes, all ~180 species in the state are included which includes both Tennessee and Mobile drainages.

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#10 Guest_Newt_*

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Posted 27 August 2008 - 08:01 AM

But does it cover the portions of the Mobile drainage in MS, GA, and TN?

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#11 Guest_farmertodd_*

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Posted 28 August 2008 - 12:00 PM

Yepper. The maps are like Mettee et al. and include the Tombigbee in MS.

Todd

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#12 Guest_ashtonmj_*

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Posted 28 August 2008 - 12:17 PM

I do wish there was a small inset of the overall range map, like Parmalee and Bogan. Todd, does your book smells oddly like a museum (i.e. formalin)? Did the first flip through last night and getting a little more in depth over the long weekend if the weather continues to look subpar.

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#13 Guest_farmertodd_*

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Posted 29 August 2008 - 10:32 AM

Yeah that was my single criticism. You might end up with a better map tho snagging something from natureserve and taping it in. There's usually somewhere you could do that, and was something I considered. In all my free time, of course

Nah I just smelled "new book". Nothing that strong.

Todd

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#14 Guest_ashtonmj_*

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Posted 29 August 2008 - 11:00 AM

Unfortunately natureserve doesn't do that map for mussels like they do with fish. I wish it would have followed the TN drainage a little more directly north of the state, like the Paint Rock and Flint, which for the most part are in AL. It's interesting that they follow the Coosa and Tombigbee, but not a small, important slice of the TN and the mainstem Chattahoochee tribs east of the border.