Ecology and conservation of fishes / Harold M. Tyus.

Author/creator Tyus, Harold M.
Format Book
Publication InfoBoca Raton, FL : CRC Press, ©2012.
Descriptionxxvii, 529 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 26 cm
Subjects
Fishes--Ecology.
Fishes--Conservation.

Contents Ecology of fishes : content and scope -- Aquatic evolution, origins, and affinities -- Aquatic environment -- Diversity 1 : chordates to sharks -- Diversity 2 : teleostomes to bony fishes -- Diversity 3 : teleosts -- Radiations, extinctions, and biodiversity -- Zoogeography of fishes -- Lotic systems : flowing water and the terrestrial environment -- Coldwater streams -- Fishes of warmwater streams and rivers -- Lentic systems : standing water -- Fishes of temperate and tropical great lakes -- Artificial lakes and groundwater reservoirs -- Estuaries and coastal zone -- Marine environments, intertidal fishes, and sharks -- Neritic province and fisheries -- Oceanic province and epipelagic fishes -- Deep sea : twilight to the abyss -- Fitness, morphology, and ecophysiology -- Energy, metabolism, and growth -- Adaptation, niche, and species interactions -- Populations, growth, and regulation -- Instinct, learning, and social behavior -- Trophic concept and feeding -- Reproductive ecology and life history patterns -- Migration -- Larval fish -- Exploitation and fisheries management -- Conservation of fishes I : crisis and a response -- Conservation of fishes II : understanding the decline -- Changes and the future -- Appendix -- Glossary.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
LCCN 2011036045
ISBN9781439858547 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN1439858543 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks QL639.8 .T98 2012 ✔ Available Place Hold