Ecological Studies Trop Fish Commun - Couverture souple

Lowe-McConnell, R. H.

 
9780521280648: Ecological Studies Trop Fish Commun
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0521280648 ISBN 13 : 9780521280648
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2008

Synopsis

Tropical fish present some of the best examples of how new species evolve and how complex ecological communities are maintained. Their study has generated important new ideas on the roles of ecology and behaviour in the evolution of species and communities. This book brings together for the first time the results of widely scattered research on fish in tropical rivers, lakes and seas, research that has been stimulated by the splendid opportunities to observe the behaviour of fish in their natural habitats in the clear warm waters. The book opens with an overview of the ecology of tropical freshwater and marine environments and their associated fish faunas, and then presents a number of freshwater studies drawn from the African, South American, Asian and New Guinea tropics. Special consideration is given to the new man-made lakes which have provided large-scale experiments on the change of riverine fish communities to lacustrine ones, and to the great lakes of East Africa for examples of recent species evolution.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Tropical fish present some of the best examples of how new species evolve and how complex ecological communities are maintained. Their study has generated important new ideas on the roles of ecology and behaviour in the evolution of species and communities. This book brings together for the first time the results of widely scattered research on fish in tropical rivers, lakes and seas, research that has been stimulated by the splendid opportunities to observe the behaviour of fish in their natural habitats in the clear warm waters. The book opens with an overview of the ecology of tropical freshwater and marine environments and their associated fish faunas, and then presents a number of freshwater studies drawn from the African, South American, Asian and New Guinea tropics. Special consideration is given to the new man-made lakes which have provided large-scale experiments on the change of riverine fish communities to lacustrine ones, and to the great lakes of East Africa for examples of recent species evolution.

Revue de presse

"...will surely be regarded as a definitive work on the ecology of fish communities in much of the tropics." BioScience

"The impressive geographical breadth of field experience on which Lowe-McConnell draws...and the subtle biological insights her experience provides for the reader, make the book highly recommended reading for all vertebrate ecologists and required reading for fish ecologists in particular. Ecology

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521280648
ISBN 13 
9780521280648
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
400
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9780521236010: Ecological Studies in Tropical Fish Communities

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0521236010 ISBN 13 :  9780521236010
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1987
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