Craig Percid Fishes

Systematics, Ecology and Exploitation
1. Auflage 2008
ISBN: 978-0-470-69528-9
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 368 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Fish and Aquatic Resources

The percid fishes (or perch family) comprise many species includingthe perch, pikeperch, yellow perch, walleye and the darters. Thesespecies are of great ecological and economic importance, beingimportant components of the freshwater ecosystem and recreationaland commercial fisheries.
Percid Fishes covers aspects such as systematics,morphology, biology, ecology, diseases and parasites and theeconomic importance of percid fisheries. Special emphasis is placedwithin the book on the complex relationship between this family offishes and their environment and how they respond to perturbations,especially those induced by humans.
The author, John Craig who has a great deal of experienceworking on these fishes in many of the countries in which theyoccur, has drawn together an extremely important book whichprovides a unique, comprehensive and indispensable review of thismost significant group of fish.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Craig, John F.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Series Forward; Preface; Taxonomy and Distribution; Morphology and Anatomy; Age, Growth and Mortality; Reproduction and Development; Food and Feeding; Ionic and Water Balance; Swimming, Movements and Migrations; Parasites and Diseases; Population Dynamics and Community Structure; Fisheries and Economic Importance; Aquaculture; Etheostomatinae; Other Percinae and Luicopercinae; References; Index