Ecology of North American freshwater fishes /
Provides an integrated view of the ecological and evolutionary concepts, principles, and processes involved in the formation and maintenance of the North American freshwater fish fauna. The book provides readers with an understanding of why specific species and assemblages occur in particular places...
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| Language: | English |
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Berkeley :
University of California Press,
[2013]
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| Series: | Stephen Bechtel Fund imprint in ecology and the environment
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Table of Contents:
- Part 1. Faunal origins, evolution, and diversity
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Origin and derivation of the North American freshwater fish fauna
- 3. Reshaping North American fish faunas: the role of late Cenozoic climatic and tectonic events
- Part 2. Formation, maintenance, and persistence of local populations and assemblages
- 4. Responses of populations and assemblages to biotic and physical factors
- 5. The formation and maintenance of populations and assemblages
- 6. Persistence of fish assemblages in space and time
- Part 3. Form and function
- 7. Morphology and functional ecology of the fins and axial skeleton
- 8. Form and function in the feeding of fishes
- 9. Life history and reproductive ecology
- Part 4. Interactions among individuals and species
- 10. Communication among individuals
- 11. Interactions in resource acquisition I: niches, competition, and trophic position
- 12. Interactions in resource acquisition II: predation, avoiding predation, and predator effects on ecosystems
- 13. Getting along: mutualism, facilitation, and coevolution
- Part 5. Issues in conservation
- 14. Streams large and small
- 15. Ponds, lakes, and impoundments.