| Author: | Gene S. Helfman, Bruce B. Collette, Douglas E. Facey & Brian W. Bowen |
| Release at: | 2009 |
| Pages: | 737 |
| Edition: | 2nd Edition |
| Language: | English |
Description of The Diversity of Fishes 2nd Edition
The Diversity of Fishes 2nd Edition by Helfman, Collette, Facey & Bowen is a great Zoology book for study of fishes, for study. The first edition of The diversity of fishes was successful beyond our wildest dreams. We have received constant and mostly positive feedback from readers, including much constructive criticism, all of which convinces us that the approach we have taken is satisfactory to ichthyological students, teachers, and researchers. Wiley-Blackwell has validated that impression: by their calculations, The diversity of fishes is the most widely adopted ichthyology textbook in the world.
However, ichthyology is an active science, and a great deal of growth has occurred since this book was first published in 1997. Updates and improvements are justified by active and exciting research in all relevant areas, including a wealth of new discoveries (e.g., a second coelacanth species, 33 more megamouth specimens, several new record tiniest fishes, and exciting fossil discoveries including some that push back the origin of fishes many million years and another involving a missing link between fishes and amphibians), application of new technologies (molecular genetics, transgenic fish), and increased emphasis on conservation issues (e.g., Helfman 2007).
Websites on fishes were essentially nonexistent when the first edition was being produced; websites now dominate as an instant source of information. Many of the volumes we used as primary references have themselves been revised. Reflective of these changes, and of shortcomings in the first edition, is the addition of a new chapter and author. Genetics received insufficient coverage, a gross omission that has been corrected by Brian Bowen’s contribution of a chapter devoted to that subject and by his suggested improvements to many other chapters. Brian’s contributions were aided by extensive and constructive comments from Matthew Craig, Daryl Parkyn, Luiz Rocha, and Robert Toonen. He is especially grateful to John Avise, Robert Chapman, and John Musick for their guidance and mentorship during his professional career, and most of all to his wife, Ruth Ellen, for her forbearance and support.
Content of The Diversity of Fishes 2nd Edition
Part I: Introduction
Chapter 1: The science of ichthyology
Chapter 2: Systematic procedures
Part II: Form, function, and ontogeny
Chapter 3: Skeleton, skin, and scales
Chapter 4: Soft anatomy
Chapter 5: Oxygen, metabolism, and energetics
Chapter 6: Sensory systems
Chapter 7: Homeostasis
Chapter 8: Functional morphology of locomotion and feeding
Chapter 9: Early life history
Chapter 10: Juveniles, adults, age, and growth
Part III: Taxonomy, phylogeny, and evolution
Chapter 11: “A history of fishes”
Chapter 12: Chondrichthyes: sharks, skates, rays, and chimaeras
Chapter 13: Living representatives of primitive fishes
Chapter 14: Teleosts at last I: bonytongues through anglerfishes
Chapter 15: Teleosts at last II: spiny-rayed fishes
Part IV: Zoogeography, genetics, and adaptations
Chapter 16: Zoogeography
Chapter 17: Fish genetics
Chapter 18: Special habitats and special adaptations
Part V: Behavior and ecology
Chapter 19: Fishes as predators
Chapter 20: Fishes as prey
Chapter 21: Fishes as social animals: reproduction
Chapter 22: Fishes as social animals: aggregation, aggression, and cooperation
Chapter 23: Cycles of activity and behavior
Chapter 24: Individuals, populations, and assemblages
Chapter 25: Communities, ecosystems, and the functional role of fishes
Part VI: The future of fishes
Chapter 26: Conservation
Index
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