Status of the desert pupfish
By: United States Department of the Interior
Contributors: United States. Department of the Interior
Publisher: U.S. Department of the Interior
Published: 1971
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 13
Subjects: Cyprinodon; Desert pupfish; Habitat; Endangered species; Wildlife conservation; Fish populations
Other titles: Progress report on the status of the desert pupfish
Description: "The plight of tiny pupfishes, isolated in scattered springs and streams of the Death Valley System of California and Nevada for thousands of years, is a matter of national and even international concern. For some forms concern comes too late--they have already become extinct. The very existence of others is threatened by activities of man--appropriation of spring and ground waters, destruction of habitats, use of pesticides, and release of exotic species into these restricted aquatic habitats. In a brief span of several months or a few years at most, these species, too, may disappear if protective measures are not implemented immediately"--Foreword.
Notes: "Task force report June 1971"--Cover.

"Fish drawings by Craig P. Phillips, National Fisheries Center and Aquarium"--Cover verso.

"Agencies represented on the Interior Desert Pupfish Task Force: Bureau of Sport Fisheries & Wildlife ; Bureau of Land Management ; Office of the Solicitor ; Office of Water Resources Research ; Bureau of Reclamation ; National Park Service ; Geological Survey"--Preliminary page.

"Task Force cooperators: California Department of Fish and Game ; Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources ; Nevada Department of Fish and Game ; University of California at Los Angeles ; University of Nevada at Las Vegas ; University of Michigan, Ann Arbor ; the Desert Fishes Council Advisory Group"--Preliminary page.

Includes bibliographical references (page 13).