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Main Title Biology and ecology of fishes /
Author Diana, James S.,
Publisher Biological Sciences Press, a Division of Cooper Pub. Group,
Year Published 1995
OCLC Number 31997022
ISBN 1884125247; 9781884125249
Subjects Fishes--Ecology ; Fishes--Ecology--Tropics ; Fishes--Feeding and feeds ; Fishes--Reproduction ; Fish populations ; Freshwater fishes--Ecology ; Freshwater fishes--Physiology ; Fishes--Food
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EHBM  QL639.8.D54 1995 CEMM/ACESD Library/Narragansett,RI 11/16/2022
Collation xiii, 441 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Notes
Introduction to aquatic ecosystems -- Balanced energy equation -- Metabolism -- Other energy uses digestion and nutrition -- Growth -- Body and gonad growth in nature -- Fry's paradigm and the Hutchinsonian niche -- Density dependence, density independence and the critical period -- Competition -- Foraging behavior -- Optimal foraging and patch use -- Predation risk and refuges -- Social behavior -- Movement and activity of predatory fishes -- Reproductive behavior and spawning migrations -- Life history patterns and reproductive strategies -- Trophic dynamics of lakes and the trophic cascade -- Temperature and fish distributions -- Biogeography and lake communities -- Larval fishes : ecology hatching and emergence -- Deep sea communities -- Coral reefs -- Tropical rivers. Written for those interested in the biology and ecology of fish. This text is widely used as an introductory text in university level classes in fisheries biology/ecology.