Pond and Brook: A Guide to Nature in Freshwater Environments

Michael J. Caduto

UPNE, 1990 - Nature - 276 pages

Designed specifically for the amateur naturalist and filled with hands-on projects and activities, Pond and Brook introduces the readers to the intriguing world of freshwater life. Michael Caduto’s keen eye investigates all common freshwater environments, from wetlands and deep lakes to streams and vernal ponds. An important feature of the book is its holistic approach to both living and non-living components of freshwater environments, and how they fit together to weave an ecological whole. Readers will learn the unique properties of water, the basic principles vital to understanding aquatic life, and the origin of freshwater habitats.

Contents

• Additional Reading: 19
• THE STUDY OF STILL WATER ENVIRONMENTS: 51
• A Fickle Home: 59
• Major Groups of Pond Animals: 81
• 4Looking at Lakes: 114
• Animals of the Lakeshore and Bottom: 125
• PART THREE: 139
• PART FOUR: 181
• AFTERWORD: 220
• GLOSSARY: 251

About the author

Author, storyteller and musician Michael J. Caduto was born in 1955. He studied agriculture at the University of Rhode Island (B.A., 1978) and University of Michigan (M.S., 1981) with the intention of owning and working his own farm. Along the way, he became an ecologist and educator interested in Native American myths, legends and practices. He performs and gives workshops to raise environmental awareness and has taught collegiate environmental studies. His Earth Tales from Around the World (1997) won an Aesop Prize, awarded to the most outstanding books incorporating folklore and published in English for children. He is also author of Keepers of the Earth, Keepers of the Animals, Native American Gardening, and others. His articles have appeared in numerous periodicals in natural history, including Nature Study, Vermont Life, Organic Gardening, and Vermont Natural History.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Pond and Brook: A Guide to Nature in Freshwater Environments
• Author: Michael J. Caduto
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: UPNE, 1990
• ISBN: 0874515092, 9780874515091
• Length: 276 pages
• Subjects: Nature / Ecosystems & Habitats / Lakes, Ponds & Swamps; Nature / General; Nature / Reference; Science / Earth Sciences / Limnology; Science / Life Sciences / Ecology