Zoology: fishes (ichthyology)

The New Naturalist editors believe this to be the greatest general work on the subject ever written.

A fascinating journey into the extraordinary world of the king of fish: the salmon.

An in-depth look at the fish that inhabit the fresh waters of Britain and Ireland.

What has been the dish of kings, the subject of myths and the traveller of epic and mysterious journeys?

A lifetime's fishing experiences written by one of the UK's leading fly fishermen.

A comprehensive, authoritative account of the natural history of the seashore, from earliest times to the present day.

This book reviews and evaluates the scientific basis of U.

An insightful exploration of the iconic Galapagos tortoises, and how their fate is inextricably linked to our own in a rapidly changing world.

Anders Halverson provides an exhaustively researched and grippingly rendered account of the rainbow trout and why it has become the most commonly stocked and controversial freshwater fish in the United States.

The Behavior and Ecology of Pacific Salmon and Trout combines in-depth scientific information with outstanding photographs and original artwork to fully describe the fish species critical to the Pacific Rim.

Explore the fascinating world of the threespine stickleback in A Functional Biology of Sticklebacks, a compelling synthesis of empirical research and theoretical ecology.

Millions upon millions of salmon and steelhead once filled California streams, providing a plentiful and sustainable food resource for the original peoples of the region.

North American deserts-lands of little water-have long been home to a surprising diversity of aquatic life, from fish to insects and mollusks.

This comprehensive guide is the most complete owner's manual for keeping all types of freshwater and marine fish.

North American deserts-lands of little water-have long been home to a surprising diversity of aquatic life, from fish to insects and mollusks.

Thailand is home to over 350 species of reptiles, consisting of many kinds of turtles and tortoises, lizards, snakes and crocodiles.

This book serves as an advanced text on fisheries and fishery population dynamics and as a reference for fisheries scientists.

Thailand is home to over 350 species of reptiles, consisting of many kinds of turtles and tortoises, lizards, snakes and crocodiles.

Which species of sharks live within 500 nautical miles of North American shores, and what do we know about them?

Anyone can look at a snake and see a creature unique unto itself, a reptile with a set of zoological and biological traits that are entirely its own.

This is the ninth volume of ten in the The Natural History of the Crustacea Series.

This book serves as an advanced text on fisheries and fishery population dynamics and as a reference for fisheries scientists.

This book will appeal to investigators in each of the scientific disciplines it integrates--evolutionary biology, ecology, salmonid biology, management, and conservation.

Fishes have evolved to colonise almost every type of aquatic habitat and today they are a hugely diverse group of over 25,000 species.

Fishes have evolved to colonise almost every type of aquatic habitat and today they are a hugely diverse group of over 25,000 species.

Essential Fish Biology provides an introductory overview of the functional biology of fish and how this may be affected by the widely contrasting habitat conditions within the aquatic environment.

Fisheries supply a critically important ecosystem service by providing over three billion people with nearly 20% of their daily animal protein intake.

The management and conservation of natural populations relies heavily on concepts and results generated from models of population dynamics.

This is the ninth volume of ten in the The Natural History of the Crustacea Series.

Fish Physiology, Volume 38 in this ongoing series, examines how the inherent potential of fish to express traits of economic value can be realized through aquaculture.

Carbon Dioxide, Volume 37 in the Fish Physiology series highlights new advances in the field, with this new volume presenting interesting chapters on a variety of topics, including Historic, current-day and future CO2 environments and their dynamics in marine and freshwater ecosystems, CO2 sensing, Acid-base physiology and CO2 homeostasis: regulation and compensation, CO2 and calcification processes in fish, The physiology of behavioral impacts of high CO2, Effects of high CO2 on metabolic rates, aerobic scope and swimming performance, Internal spatial and temporal CO2 effects: feeding and alkaline tide, O2 in aquaculture: CO2 dynamics and fish health, and much more.

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A thrilling tour of the sea's most extreme species, written by one of the world's leading marine scientistsThe ocean teems with life that thrives under difficult situations in unusual environments.

Fish Physiology

Fish Physiology

This is a tale of human obsession, one intrepid tuna, the dedicated fisherman who caught and set her free, the promises and limits of ocean science and the big truth of how our insatiable appetite for bluefin transformed a cottage industry into a global dilemma.

When the first edition of Inland Fishes of California was published in 1976, it was a benchmark reference.