Category Archives: Fish & Sharks

Introduction to Marine Genomics (Advances in Marine Genomics)

Posted on February 26, 2010 by singleton

Marine biology has always played an important role in biological research, being at the origin of many key advances. To a certain extent, the influence of marine biology on the biological sciences was overshadowed over a period of several years … Continue reading →

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The Future of Fisheries Science in North America (Fish & Fisheries Series)

Posted on February 26, 2009 by singleton

Fisheries science in North America is changing in response to a changing climate, new technologies, an ecosystem approach to management and new thinking about the processes affecting stock and recruitment. Authors of the 34 chapters review the science in their … Continue reading →

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Centrarchid Fishes: Diversity, Biology and Conservation

Posted on February 25, 2009 by singleton

Centrarchid Fishesprovides comprehensive coverage of all major aspects of this ecologically and commercially important group of fishes. Coverage includes diversity, ecomorphology, phylogeny and genetics, hybridization, reproduction, early life history and recruitment, feeding and growth, ecology, migrations, bioenergetics, physiology, diseases, aquaculture, … Continue reading →

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Ecotoxicology of Antifouling Biocides

Posted on February 25, 2009 by singleton

Organotin compounds, used as antifouling biocides since 1960, are chemical compounds that act as endocrine disrupters. It is not known how organotin compounds cause hormone disturbance, however, and many questions remain about their effect on aquatic organisms. Studies on organotin … Continue reading →

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Tagging and Tracking of Marine Animals with Electronic Devices (Reviews: Methods and Technologies in Fish Biology and Fisheries)

Posted on February 25, 2009 by singleton

The 2nd international tagging and tracking symposium was held in San Sebastian, Spain, in October 2007, seven years after the first symposium was held in Hawaii in 2000 (Sibert and Nielsen 2001). In the intervening seven years, there have been … Continue reading →

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The Diversity of Fishes: Biology, Evolution, and Ecology

Posted on February 25, 2009 by singleton

The second edition of The Diversity of Fishes represents a major revision of the world’s most widely adopted ichthyology textbook. Expanded and updated, the second edition is illustrated throughout with striking color photographs depicting the spectacular evolutionary adaptations of the … Continue reading →

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Fish and Amphibians (Britannica Illustrated Science Library)

Posted on February 26, 2008 by singleton
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Kayaking Alone: Nine Hundred Miles from Idaho’s Mountains to the Pacific Ocean (Outdoor Lives)

Posted on February 26, 2008 by singleton

The Columbia and its tributaries are rivers of conflict. Amid pitched battles over the economy, the environment, and breaching dams on the lower Snake River, the salmon that have always quickened these rivers are disappearing. On a warm day in … Continue reading →

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The Origin of Higher Clades: Osteology, Myology, Phylogeny and Evolution of Bony Fishes and the Rise of Tetrapods

Posted on February 25, 2008 by singleton

About the book: The Osteichthyes, including bony fishes and tetrapods, is a highly speciose group of animals, comprising more than 42000 living species. The extraordinary taxonomic diversity of osteichthyans is associated with a remarkable variety of morphological features and adaptations … Continue reading →

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Handbook of Alien Species in Europe (Invading Nature – Springer Series in Invasion Ecology)

Posted on February 25, 2008 by singleton

Biological invasions by alien (non-native) species are widely recognized as a significant component of human-caused global environmental change and the second most important cause of biodiversity decline. Alien species threaten many European ecosystems and have serious environmental, economic and health … Continue reading →

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