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Among the fishes, a remarkably wide range of biological adaptations
to diverse habitats has evolved. As well as living in the
conventional habitats of lakes, ponds, rivers, rock pools and the
open sea, fish have solved the problems of life in deserts, in the
deep sea, in the cold antarctic, and in warm waters of high
alkalinity or of low oxygen. Along with these adaptations, we find
the most impressive specializations of morphology, physiology and
behaviour. For example we can marvel at the high-speed swimming of
the marlins, sailfish and warm-blooded tunas, air-breathing in
catfish and lungfish, parental care in the mouth-brooding cichlids
and viviparity in many sharks and toothcarps. Moreover, fish are of
considerable importance to the survival of the human species in the
form of nutritious and delicious food of numerous kinds. Rational
expoitation and management of our global stocks of fishes must rely
upon a detailed and precise insight of their biology. The Chapman
and Hall Fish and Fisheries Series aims to present timely volumes
reviewing important aspects of fish biology. Most volumes will be
of interest to research workers in biology, zoology, ecology and
physiology but an additional aim is for the books to be accessible
to a wide spectrum of non specialist readers ranging from
undergraduates and postgraduates to those with an interest in
industrial and commercial aspects of fish and fisheries."
Teleost fishes account for nearly half of all known vertebrate
species. They have representatives in virtually all aquatic systems
and an enormous variety in the ways they live. Moreover, teleost
fishes support subsistence and commercial fisheries and aquaculture
systems throughout the world. The second edition of this highly
respected book retains the aims and structure of the first edition,
emphasizing the responses of individual fish to their environment
and the consequences of these responses for the population and
community to which the individuals belong. Fully updated and
rewritten, this new edition of Ecology of Teleost Fishes offers a
thorough and integrated approach to the area and is essential
reading for all students of fish biology and ecology, fisheries
science and aquaculture. Fish biologists, fisheries scientists,
ecologists and researchers in fish population studies, genetics and
aquaculture will also find this book to be an invaluable reference
source.
Teleost fishes account for nearly half of all known vertebrate
species. They have representatives in virtually all aquatic systems
and an enormous variety in the ways they live. Moreover, teleost
fishes support subsistence and commercial fisheries and aquaculture
systems throughout the world. The second edition of this highly
respected book retains the aims and structure of the first edition,
emphasizing the responses of individual fish to their environment
and the consequences of these responses for the population and
community to which the individuals belong. Fully updated and
rewritten, this new edition of Ecology of Teleost Fishes offers a
thorough and integrated approach to the area and is essential
reading for all students of fish biology and ecology, fisheries
science and aquaculture. Fish biologists, fisheries scientists,
ecologists and researchers in fish population studies, genetics and
aquaculture will also find this book to be an invaluable reference
source.
This is intended as an introduction for advanced undergraduates and
postgraduates in marine ecology, freshwater ecology, fish biology,
fisheries ecology and aquaculture. It adopts a habitat-based
approach, ranging from head waters to ocean depths, and from
tropics to polar regions, thereby loosely reflecting the
organization of general ecology textbooks and demonstrating how the
principles of contemporary ecology can be applied to fishes.
Fishes live in a world that is unfamiliar to us. Although we may
make or even more advanced brief visits to this other world using a
snorkel, scuba diving equipment, we can never become a part of it.
Yet, an understanding of fish ecology requires an awareness of the
relationships between fishes and their environment. The purpose of
this book is to introduce the ecology of fishes by describing the
inter-relationships between fishes and the aquatic habitats they
occupy. The book can be read in complementary ways. A sequential
reading, chapter by chapter, covers the main themes of ecology,
including habitat use, species interactions, migration, feeding,
population dynamics and reproduction in relation to the major
habitats occupied by fishes. An alternative reading selects a
particular sort of habitat, such as rivers, and, by using the index
and skipping from chapter to chapter, builds up a picture of the
ecology of fishes living in that habitat. The text is written for
advanced students. Its emphasis is on descriptive rather than
quantitative ecology. It is assumed that the reader will be
familiar with the basic biology of fishes, acquired from a text
such as The Biology of Fishes (Bone and Marshall, 1982) also
published in the Tertiary Level Biology series. I would like to
thank Dr J. D. Fish and two anonymous reviewers who, within a tight
time-schedule, tried to improve the text. Any mistakes and
shortcomings are my contribution.
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