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Description: |
xvi, 590 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 529-577) and index. |
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Contents Note: |
Partial contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Form and Movement -- 3. Respiration -- 4. Blood and Its Circulation -- 5. Buoyancy and Thermal Regulation -- 6. Hydromineral Balance -- 7. Feeding, Nutrition, Digestion, and Excretion -- 8. Growth -- 9. Reproduction -- 10. Sensory Perception -- 11. Behavior and Communication -- 12. Systematics -- 13. Evolution -- 14. Hagfishes and Lampreys -- 15. Sharks, Rays and Chimaeras -- 16. Relict Bony Fishes -- 17. Teleost Offshoots: Bonytongues, Herrings, and Eels -- 18. Minnows, Characins, and Catfishes -- 19. Pike, Smelt, and Salmon -- 20. Anglerfish, Barracudinas, Cods, and Dragonfish -- 21. Silversides, Flying Fish, and Killifish -- 22. Opahs, Squirrelfish, Dories, Pipefish, and Sculpins -- 23. Perciformes: Snooks to Snakeheads -- 24. Flounders, Puffers, and Molas -- 25. Zoogeography of Freshwater Fishes -- 26. Zoogeography of Marine Fishes -- 27. Introduction to Ecology -- 28. Temperate Streams -- 29. Temperate Lakes and Reservoirs -- 30. Tropical Freshwater Lakes and Streams -- 31. Estuaries -- 32. Coastal Habitats -- 33. Tropical Reefs -- 34. Epipelagic Zone -- 35. Deepsea Habitats -- 36. Polar Regions -- 37. Conservation. |