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Book Synopsis Alternative Life-history Styles of Fishes and Other Organisms by : Limnological Society of Southern Africa
Download or read book Alternative Life-history Styles of Fishes and Other Organisms written by Limnological Society of Southern Africa and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Alternative life-history styles of fishes by : Michael N. Bruton
Download or read book Alternative life-history styles of fishes written by Michael N. Bruton and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Alternative Life-History Styles of Animals by : Michael N. Bruton
Download or read book Alternative Life-History Styles of Animals written by Michael N. Bruton and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-10-05 with total page 617 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These proceedings had their origin in a conference entitled 'Alternative Life History Styles of Fishes and Other Organisms' which was held in Grahamstown, South Africa, in June 1987. The idea for the conference arose out of the fascination of an African ichthyologist/ecologist (MNB) for the conceptual models of fish life-history styles which were being developed by an ichthyologist/epigeneticist based in Canada but with field experience in Europe, Asia and Africa (EKB). I had never been fully convinced that the adaptationist arguments of the neo-Darwinians ex plained all ontogenetic and evolutionary phenomena, and found that the novel approach to organism development and evolution which had been adopted by Balon, as well as by others such as L0vtrup, was refreshing and enlightening. Their perspectives, combined with the new ideas on self-organisation and the link between nonequilibrium thermodynamics and biology by Prigogine, Jantsch, Laszlo, Wicken, Weber and others, seemed to suggest that new ways of interpreting old findings were now becoming available. On delving into the literature I found that a variety of zoologists were working in the field of alternative life-history styles and autopoiesis, yet they seemed to be unaware of one another's work. We decided that it was time for a meeting of minds. The aim of the conference was to examine the way in which epigenesis (i. e.
Book Synopsis Alternative life-history styles of fishes by :
Download or read book Alternative life-history styles of fishes written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Alternative Life-History Styles of Animals by : Michael N. Bruton
Download or read book Alternative Life-History Styles of Animals written by Michael N. Bruton and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 621 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Alternative Life-history Styles of Fishes by :
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Book Synopsis Alternative Life History Styles of Fishes and Other Organisms Conference, Rhodes University and J L B Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Grahamstown, South Africa, 22nd - 26th July 1987 by :
Download or read book Alternative Life History Styles of Fishes and Other Organisms Conference, Rhodes University and J L B Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Grahamstown, South Africa, 22nd - 26th July 1987 written by and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Alternative Life-History Styles of Animals by : Michael N Bruton
Download or read book Alternative Life-History Styles of Animals written by Michael N Bruton and published by . This book was released on 1989-05-31 with total page 640 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts by :
Download or read book Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Environmental biology of European cyprinids by : W. Wieser
Download or read book Environmental biology of European cyprinids written by W. Wieser and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis When do fishes become juveniles? by : G.H. Copp
Download or read book When do fishes become juveniles? written by G.H. Copp and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Metamorphosis and the transition from larvae or embryos to juveniles in fishes are important in order to answer, for example, questions about: (1) life-history styles and their modifications in evolutionary perspective and within current environmental demands; (2) the development and application of fisheries recruitment models, (3) the use of ontogenetic scales for interspecific comparisons, (4) the identification of ontogenetic shifts in resource use, and (5) the discovery of evolutionary interrelationships of species or genera. This volume is dedicated to recent studies and reviews of existing knowledge on this insufficiently-addressed area of ichthyology. Most of the papers in this volume were presented in Bratislava, Slovakia, at the 1st International Workshop of the Fish Ontogeny Network of Europe (FONE) in September 1997, a meeting sponsored in part by the European Commission. This volume emphasizes an integrated approach to the study of fish ontogeny, which is a process during which one event is related to another and everything is related to everything else, encompassing physiology, morphology, behaviour and niche. Within this comprehensive perspective, the papers in this volume are grouped along four major themes: reflections on early ontogeny and metamorphosis, organism-environment relationships, ontogeny of predator-prey interactions, and behaviour and ontogeny. Among other issues, the papers consider topics such as whether one can identify when fish metamorphosis ends, whether the larva period begins with hatching or with the onset of exogenous feeding, whether fish ontogeny is `saltatory' or `gradual', and whether larvae are eliminated in some fishes with direct development. The keynote paper of this volume reviews the main topics within contemporary paradigms and the final paper concludes that the onset of the juvenile period can be identified in some species, but precision remains problematic, emphasizing the need for further research in this dynamic area of fish biology.
Book Synopsis Biodiversity Dynamics and Conservation by : C. Lévêque
Download or read book Biodiversity Dynamics and Conservation written by C. Lévêque and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1997-05-13 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a comprehensive book on the biodiversity of one of the most diverse ecosystems known - tropical freshwater.
Book Synopsis The biology of Latimeria chalumnae and evolution of coelacanths by : J.A. Musick
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Book Synopsis Women in ichthyology: an anthology in honour of ET, Ro and Genie by : E.K. Balon
Download or read book Women in ichthyology: an anthology in honour of ET, Ro and Genie written by E.K. Balon and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This special volume is dedicated to the contributions of women ichthyologists. Three colleagues were selected to represent all women ichthyologists, Ethelwynn Trewavas (ET), Rosemary Lowe-McConnell (Ro) and Eugenie Clark (Genie). All have had distinguished professional careers and have contributed in their own ways to their science. The career of each is highlighted by a personal interview with one of the editors of the volume, a bibliography of their lifetime publications, and a biography of their careers. Questions of historical inequities and current controversies in the treatment of women ichthyologists by their peers are raised and addressed by the women themselves. The personal and professional influences of these three women, and other women ichthyologists, are highlighted. A survey article by Pat Brown brings a number of women ichthyologists to the attention of a broader audience, and points the way for a more comprehensive historical consideration of the accomplishments and contributions of women ichthyologists. The volume continues with 16 solicited and contributed papers. ET's studies of taxonomy and life history are echoed in papers on the taxonomy and systematics of marine angelfishes, and of freshwater bitterlings, a review of reproduction in the North Atlantic ichthyofauna, and a comparison of reproductive styles and systematics of African minnows. Ro's studies on ecology, life history and behaviour are paralleled by papers on growth and metabolism in piranha, the community structure in tide pool fishes, and the social system and reproductive patterns in groupers. Genie's pioneering work on sexual roles and sex change, and her field studies of the behaviour of marine fishes are reflected in papers on gonadal structure and environmental sex determination in brook lamprey, sexual patterns in hawkfish, reproduction and systematics in phallostethids, gonadal structure and systematics in gobiids, reproductive and predator avoidance behaviour in razorfish, early ontogeny of an African mouth brooder, and alternative life histories in killifish.
Book Synopsis The J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology by :
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Book Synopsis Environment, Development, and Evolution by : Brian Keith Hall
Download or read book Environment, Development, and Evolution written by Brian Keith Hall and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leading researchers in evolutionary developmental biology seek linkages between, and a synthesis of, development, physiology, endocrinology, ecology, and evolution. Evolutionary developmental biology, also known as evo-devo or EDB, seeks to find links between development and evolution by opening the "black box" of development's role in evolution and in the evolution of developmental mechanisms. In particular, this volume emphasizes the roles of the environment and of hormonal signaling in evo-devo. It brings together a group of leading researchers to analyze the dynamic interaction of environmental factors with developmental and physiological processes and to examine how environmental signals are translated into phenotypic change, from the molecular and cellular level to organisms and groups of organisms. Taken together, these chapters demonstrate the crucial roles of those processes of genetic, developmental, physiological, and hormonal change that underpin evolutionary change in development, morphology, physiology, behavior, and life-history. Part I investigates links between environmental signals and developmental processes that could be preserved over evolutionary time. Several contributors evaluate the work of the late Ryuichi Matsuda, especially his emphasis on the role of the external environment in genetic change and variability ("pan-environmentalism"). Other contributors in part I analyze different aspects of environmental-genetic-evolutionary linkages, including the importance of alternate ontogenies in evolution and the paradox of stability over long periods of evolutionary time. Part II examines the plasticity that characterizes much of development, with contributors discussing such topics as gene regulatory networks and heterochronicity. Part III analyzes the role of hormones and metamorphosis in the evolution of such organisms with alternate life-history stages as lampreys, amphibians, and insects.
Book Synopsis Parental Care: Evolution, Mechanisms, And Adaptive Significance by :
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