Fishes: An Introduction to Ichthyology - 5th Edition

Hardback  744 pages  ISBN 9780130899361      £40.00

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One of the most comprehensive and current general sources of information on fishes, this text covers the structure and physiology, evolution and taxonomy, zoogeography, and ecology and conservation of fishes. Broad in perspective and flexibly arranged, it integrates the basics with recent developments in other areas and provides a feeling for the excitement being generated by recent research on fishes.

Contents

I. INTRODUCTION.

II. STRUCTURE AND FORM.

III. THE FISHES.

IV. ZOOGEOGRAPHY.

V. ECOLOGY.

Features

• Completely updated chapters.
  - Keeps students abreast of the latest, exciting developments in the field.
• Websites listed at the end of each chapter.
  - Encourages students to research further those topics that are of interest to them.
• Over 70 Boxes - Illuminate the discussions in the main text.
  - Highlights for students new or interesting information or discoveries in the field.
• Comprehensive coverage of physiology, systematics, ecology, zoogeography, behavior, and conservation of fishes.
  - Presents students with a balanced and accessible overview of a range of relevant topics.
• A readable, flexible presentation - Includes relatively short chapters with numbered headings, a minimum of jargon, and careful but unobtrusive citations to the literature.
  - Enables students to readily understand the material without becoming overwhelmed. Gives instructors the flexibility to select content that meets their course needs.
• Conservation orientation - Includes references to applied problems in all chapters that reflect the interests of the authors in real-world issues.
  - Sustains students interest and brings the subject matter beyond the classroom.
• Updated fish classification system.
  - Provides students with the latest version of Nelson's book on fish classification.
• Discussion of genetics and evolution.
  - Provides students with a theme to understand the study of Ichthyology.
• “Lessons” from the chapter- Appear at the end of each chapter.
  - Provides students with the most important concepts and key ideas from the chapter. Offers instructors a good basis for essay-type questions.
• Unique system-by-system coverage of ecology - Provides detailed examinations of specific habitats, their fish assemblages, and the special physical, chemical, and biological factors that characterize them.
  - Gives students solid, thorough coverage of the unique ecologies of many different fish habitats.
• Extensive treatment of various fish groups:
  - Includes their habitats and special adaptations.
  - Provides students with comprehensive coverage of many fish groups, deepening their understanding of the field as a whole.