| Titre : | Ecological studies in tropical fish communities. |
| Auteurs : | R. H. Lowe-McConnell, Auteur |
| Type de document : | texte imprimé |
| Editeur : | Cambridge : Cambridge University Press |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-0-521-23601-0 |
| Format : | 391 p. / ill., couv. ill. en coul. / 24cm. |
| Note générale : | index. |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Langues originales: | Anglais |
| Index. décimale : | 570 (sciences de la vie - biologie) |
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| Mots-clés: | Écologiy. |
| Résumé : | 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. |
| Note de contenu : |
PART I: INTRODUCTION TO ZOOLOGICAL SYSTEMATICS
The Science of Systematics Basic Concepts and Principles PART II: PRINCIPLES AND METHODS OF CLASSIFICATION 3. Taxonomic Procedures Identification and Diagnostic Tools Introduction to Nomenclature Phylum Porifera (The Sponges) Phylum Cnidaria (Coelenterata) (e.g., Hydra, Jellyfish, Corals) Phylum Platyhelminthes (The Flatworms: Planaria, Liver Fluke, Tapeworm) Phylum Nematoda (The Roundworms: Ascaris) Phylum Annelida (The Segmented Worms: Earthworm, Nereis, Leech) Phylum Arthropoda Phylum Mollusca (Snail, Bivalve, Squid) Phylum Echinodermata (Starfish, Sea Urchin PART IV: SYSTEMATIC STUDY OF PHYLUM CHORDATA PART V: MODERN APPROACHES AND SYNTHESIS |
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