Category Archives: Ichthyology

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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Fish Reproductive Biology: Implications for Assessment and Management

Posted on February 25, 2009 by singleton

“The economic importance of fishes and their societal and cultural relevance provide powerful incentives for large-scale, sustained studies of their dynamics” the Editors The overall goal of this book is to give a picture of the present use of information … Continue reading →

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Fish Bioacoustics (Springer Handbook of Auditory Research)

Posted on February 26, 2008 by singleton

The study of how fish make and respond to sound has important implications for communication, physiology, behavior, and commercial techniques. Fish Bioacoustics, a new definitive volume on fish auditory systems, will interest investigators in both basic research of fish bioacoustics … Continue reading →

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The Toxicology of Fishes

Posted on February 25, 2008 by singleton

When looking for a book on fish toxicology, you might find one that discusses the biochemical and molecular aspects, or one that focuses aquatic toxicology in general. You can find resources that cover human and animal toxicology or ecotoxicology in … Continue reading →

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Biology of Fishes (English and French Edition)

Posted on February 25, 2008 by singleton

The Third Edition of Biology of Fishes is chiefly about fish as remarkably efficient machines for coping with the many problems that life in water entails, and looks at many such special cases.Fishes form the largest group of vertebrates, with … 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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The Fish Oocyte: From Basic Studies to Biotechnological Applications

Posted on February 26, 2007 by singleton

This book addresses the growing needs in deciphering the biological processes associated with fish reproduction, in view of the growth of aquaculture and the dwindling natural stocks of commercially important fish. It presents a comprehensive overview on egg production in … Continue reading →

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Fish Osmoregulation

Posted on February 26, 2007 by singleton

Fish lives in environments with a wide variety of chemical characteristics (fresh, brackish and seawater, acidic, alkaline, soft and hard waters). From an osmoregulatory point of view, fish have developed several mechanisms to live in these different environments. Fish osmoregulation … Continue reading →

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A Photographic Guide to Sea Fishes of Southern Africa

Posted on February 25, 2007 by singleton

Designed to serve as a quick information guide on the region’s most common marine fishes in a compact, easy-to-use format. Concise, informative text details the species general appearance, most noteworthy features, feeding and reproduction habits, and complements full-color photographs and … Continue reading →

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