Nutritional Freshwater Life

<p>Supplying sustenance for millions of the poorest people in the world freshwater flora and fauna also contribute to overall economic well-being by means of export commodity trade tourism and recreation. As sources of high-quality nutrients freshwater flora and fauna of edible value represent a viable option for alleviating the problems related to malnutrition in developing and underdeveloped countries.<br><br>Although the nutritional benefits of freshwater flora and fauna are well known there has long been a need for a book that supplies an assessment of their nutritional qualities. Well-illustrated with approximately 325 photographs this book fills that need. <b>Nutritional Freshwater Life</b> details the characteristics of more than 300 species of nutritionally important freshwater animals and plants.<br><br>The book covers algae and plants crustaceans (prawns crayfish and crabs) mollusks (bivalves and gastropods) fish and frogs. For each species of freshwater life identified the book provides a photograph and details its characteristics such as scientific name common names habitats global distribution nutritional facts and biological features.</p>