{"product_id":"ecological-studies-in-tropical-fish-communities-paperback-9780521280648","title":"Ecological Studies in Tropical Fish Communities (Paperback) 9780521280648","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eEcological Studies in Tropical Fish Communities\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eR. H. Lowe-McConnell (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521280648, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 27 February 1987\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e400 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.8 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.566 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"The impressive geographical breadth of field experience on which Lowe-McConnell draws...and the subtle biological insights her experience provides for the reader, make the book highly recommended reading for all vertebrate ecologists and required reading for fish ecologists in particular.   Ecology\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eTropical fish present some of the best examples of how new species evolve and how complex ecological communities are maintained. Their study has generated important new ideas on the roles of ecology and behaviour in the evolution of species and communities. This book brings together for the first time the results of widely scattered research on fish in tropical rivers, lakes and seas, research that has been stimulated by the splendid opportunities to observe the behaviour of fish in their natural habitats in the clear warm waters. The book opens with an overview of the ecology of tropical freshwater and marine environments and their associated fish faunas, and then presents a number of freshwater studies drawn from the African, South American, Asian and New Guinea tropics. Special consideration is given to the new man-made lakes which have provided large-scale experiments on the change of riverine fish communities to lacustrine ones, and to the great lakes of East Africa for examples of recent species evolution.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e Part I: Introduction: 1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Freshwater Studies: 2. The African fish fauna\u003cbr\u003e 3. Man-made lakes\u003cbr\u003e 4. Lacustrine fish communities in the Great lakes of eastern Africa\u003cbr\u003e 5. Speciation: the African Great lakes as laboratories of evolution\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Neotropical fish fauna\u003cbr\u003e 7. Far Eastern freshwater fish faunas and their distributions\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Marine Fish Studies: 8. Underwater observations: coral reef fishes\u003cbr\u003e 9. Demersal fish studies\u003cbr\u003e 10. Pelagic fishes\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Syntheses: 11. Responses of fishes to conditions in tropical waters\u003cbr\u003e 12. Trophic interrelationships\u003cbr\u003e 13. Diversity: its maintenance and evolution\u003cbr\u003e 14. The exploitation and conservation of tropical fish stocks\u003cbr\u003e Appendix\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Fishes [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Fishes\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Fishes%20%5Bichthyology%5D%20%5BPSVW1%5D%22\"\u003eichthyology PSVW1\u003c\/a\u003e], Animal ecology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Animal ecology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Animal%20ecology%20%5BPSVS%5D%22\"\u003ePSVS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005336277272,"sku":"9780521280648","price":37.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521280648i_7d7975a4-dfd1-4358-b706-9e4ffe5f296f.jpg?v=1691374461","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/ecological-studies-in-tropical-fish-communities-paperback-9780521280648","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}