The Diversity of Fishes: Biology, Evolution, and Ecology / Edition 2 available in Hardcover
The Diversity of Fishes: Biology, Evolution, and Ecology / Edition 2
- ISBN-10:
- 1405124946
- ISBN-13:
- 9781405124942
- Pub. Date:
- 05/04/2009
- Publisher:
- Wiley
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ISBN-13: | 9781405124942 |
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Publisher: | Wiley |
Publication date: | 05/04/2009 |
Edition description: | 2nd ed. |
Pages: | 736 |
Product dimensions: | 8.80(w) x 11.00(h) x 1.70(d) |
About the Author
Bruce Collette is a Senior Scientist at the National Systematics Laboratory of the National Marine Fisheries Service based in the National Museum of Natural History, part of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. He studies the systematics and evolution of several groups of epipelagic fishes such as tunas, mackerels, halfbeaks, and needlefishes and benthic fishes such as toadfishes and has published over 250 papers on these and other fishes. He has co-authored books on fishes of the Gulf of Maine and Bermuda. He received his BS and PhD degrees at Cornell University.
Doug Facey is a Professor of Biology at Saint Michael's College in Vermont where he studies the ecology and physiology of fishes of Lake Champlain and its tributaries. One ongoing area of interest is fish diversity in lower tributaries, including some rare darters. Doug received his BS in Biology at the University of Maine-Orono, his MS in Zoology at the University of Vermont, and his PhD in Zoology at the University of Georgia.
Brian Bowen spent the summers of his youth snorkeling in Cape Cod Bay, where he learned to appreciate fishes. Dr Bowen is a researcher at Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology (University of Hawaii), with over two dozen research expeditions, and over 100 publications on the conservation genetics of fishes and other vertebrates. He holds a M.A. degree from Virginia Institute of Marine Science, a Ph.D. from University of Georgia, and is a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Currently Dr. Bowen works on fish five days a week, and on the weekend prefers to go fishing.
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Table of Contents
Preface to the second edition xi
Preface to the first edition xii
Phylogenetic relationships among living and extinct fishgroups xv
Part I Introduction 1
1 The science of ichthyology 3
What is a fish? 3
Superlative fishes 5
A brief history of ichthyology 6
Additional sources of information 7
Summary 9
2 Systematic procedures 11
Species 11
Taxonomy versus systematics 12
Approaches to classification 12
Taxonomic characters 14
Vertebrate classes 15
Units of classification 16
International Code of Zoological Nomenclature 16
PhyloCode 17
Name changes 17
Collections 18
Summary 19
Supplementary reading 19
Part II Form, function, and ontogeny 21
3 Skeleton, skin, and scales 23
Skeleton 23
Integumentary skeleton 36
Summary 40
Supplementary reading 40
4 Soft anatomy 41
Muscles 41
Cardiovascular system 45
Alimentary canal 48
Gas bladder 50
Kidneys 52
Gonads 52
Nervous system 54
Summary 56
Supplementary reading 56
5 Oxygen, metabolism, and energetics 57
Respiration and ventilation 57
Gas transport 64
Metabolic rate 66
Energetics 68
Summary 73
Supplementary reading 73
6 Sensory systems 75
Mechanoreception 75
Electroreception 80
Vision 84
Chemoreception 87
Magnetic reception 89
Summary 89
Supplementary reading 90
7 Homeostasis 91
Coordination and control of regulation 91
Temperature relationships 94
Osmoregulation, excretion, ion and pH balance 100
The immune system 105
Stress 106
Summary 108
Supplementary reading 109
8 Functional morphology of locomotion and feeding 111
Locomotion: movement and shape 111
Feeding: biting, sucking, chewing, and swallowing 119
Summary 127
Supplementary reading 128
9 Early life history 129
Complex life cycles and indeterminate growth 129
Early life history: terminology 130
Eggs and sperm 130
Embryology 137
Larvae 139
Getting from here to there: larval transport mechanisms 145
Summary 147
Supplementary reading 148
10 Juveniles, adults, age, and growth 149
Juveniles 149
Adults 153
Age and growth 157
The ontogeny and evolution of growth 162
Summary 164
Supplementary reading 165
Part III Taxonomy, phylogeny, and evolution 167
11 “A history of fishes” 169
Jawless fishes 170
Gnathostomes: early jawed fishes 175
Advanced jawed fishes I: teleostomes (Osteichthyes) 178
Advanced jawed fishes II: Chondrichthyes 197
A history of fishes: summary and overview 200
Summary 203
Supplementary reading 204
12 Chondrichthyes: sharks, skates, rays, and chimaeras 205
Subclass Elasmobranchii 205
Subclass Holocephali 227
Summary 229
Supplementary reading 230
13 Living representatives of primitive fishes 231
Jawless fishes: lancelets, hagfishes, and lampreys 231
Primitive bony fishes 241
Conclusions 258
Summary 258
Supplementary reading 259
14 Teleosts at last I: bonytongues through anglerfishes 261
Teleostean phylogeny 261
A survey of living teleostean fishes 263
Neognathi 280
Neoteleostei 281
Acanthomorpha: the spiny teleosts 284
Summary 289
Supplementary reading 290
15 Teleosts at last II: spiny-rayed fishes 291
Superorder Acanthopterygii: introduction 291
Series Mugilomorpha 292
Series Atherinomorpha 293
Series Percomorpha: basal orders 296
Series Percomorpha, Order Perciformes: the perchlike fishes 300
Series Percomorpha: advanced percomorph orders – flatfishes and twisted jaws 322
Summary 325
Supplementary reading 326
Part IV Zoogeography, genetics, and adaptations 327
16 Zoogeography 329
Marine fishes 329
Freshwater fishes 339
Summary 354
Supplementary reading 354
17 Fish genetics 355
Fish genomics 355
Molecular ecology 360
Population genetics 365
Phylogeography 370
Molecular evolution 379
Conservation genetics 385
Summary 389
Supplementary reading 390
18 Special habitats and special adaptations 393
The deep sea 393
The open sea 401
Polar regions 405
Deserts and other seasonally arid habitats 410
Strong currents and turbulent water 415
Caves 417
Summary 420
Supplementary reading 421
Part V Behavior and ecology 423
19 Fishes as predators 425
Search and detect 425
Pursuit 426
Attack and capture 429
Handling 433
Scavengers, detritivores, and herbivores 436
Optimally foraging fishes 437
Summary 437
Supplementary reading 438
20 Fishes as prey 439
Avoiding detection 439
Evading pursuit 446
Preventing and deflecting attacks 447
Discouraging capture and handling 448
Balancing foraging against predatory threat 452
Summary 453
Supplementary reading 454
21 Fishes as social animals: reproduction 455
Reproductive patterns among fishes 455
Courtship and spawning 461
Parental care 468
Alternative mating systems and tactics 473
Summary 475
Supplementary reading 476
22 Fishes as social animals: aggregation, aggression, and cooperation 477
Communication 477
Agonistic interactions 485
Aggregations 488
Interspecific relations: symbioses 492
Summary 496
Supplementary reading 497
23 Cycles of activity and behavior 499
Diel patterns 499
Semilunar and lunar patterns 507
Seasonal patterns 509
Annual and supra-annual patterns: migrations 515
Summary 522
Supplementary reading 523
24 Individuals, populations, and assemblages 525
Individuals 525
Populations 529
Assemblages 536
Summary 549
Supplementary reading 550
25 Communities, ecosystems, and the functional role of fishes 551
Community-level interactions between fishes and other taxonomic groups 551
The effects of fishes on plants 554
The effects of fishes on invertebrate activity, distribution, and abundance 559
Fishes in the ecosystem 563
Influence of physical factors and disturbance 577
Summary 580
Supplementary reading 581
Part VI The future of fishes 583
26 Conservation 585
Extinction and biodiversity loss 585
General causes of biodiversity decline 589
What can be done? 618
Summary 621
Supplementary reading 622
References 625
Index 693