Respects,
Travis
At 08:57 AM 1/23/01 -0600, you wrote:
>Travis,
>
>I don't know where Hazel Green is but....if you are anywhere close to
>Stevens Point, I would recommend that you look around there for a used
>Pennak. Try the University bookstore (actually text rental) where they use
>to have great deals on no longer used textbooks. That's where I got my copy
>and I only paid $1 for it!!! Of course that was several years ago.
>
>Rob Denkhaus
>Fort Worth Nature Center & Refuge
>
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Brian Haas
>Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 6:24 PM
>To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
>Subject: RE: NANFA-- Pennak's Invert Book
>
>
>Thank you VERY much, Jan. Off to the bookstores!
>
>Travis Haas
>Hazel Green, Wisconsin
>
>At 08:55 AM 1/22/01 -0600, you wrote:
>>Travis -
>>
>>My guess is that Pennak excluded aquatic insects in his 3rd edition chiefly
>>to avoid overlap with new edition of Merritt and Cummins' "Aquatic Insects
>>of North America." Also, a modern taxonomic AND natural history update for
>>all aquatic invertebrate groups would be an extraordinary (and possibly,
>>undoable) amount of work for a single individual.
>>
>>I recommend Pennak's 2nd edition. Original editions are very common, but
>>due to their age (they were published in 1953), nomenclature is way
>>out-of-date. The second edition is also readily available, not too
>>expensive (I checked and found one for $30 at Bibliofind - you can find
>>dust-jacketed copies in bookstores sometimes for less), and the taxonomy is
>>not too dated. Also, it covers all groups and is very well written!
>>
>
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