Most empirical and theoretical studies of resource use and population dynamics treat
conspecific individuals as ecologically equivalent. This simplification is only justified if …

Many studies have recently described and interpreted the community structure and function
of fishes inhabiting estuaries and other transitional waters in terms of categories or guilds …

Among the fishes, a remarkably wide range of biological adaptations to diverse habitats has
evolved. As well as living in the conventional habitats of lakes, ponds, rivers, rock pools and …

Feeding Ecology of Fish establishes a comprehensive framework for the variable ecological
patterns exemplified by feeding fishes. The author, a former president of the American …

Tilapia culture is currently practised in 95 countries all over the world and the number is
expected to increase. This book discusses in detail the principles and practices of tilapia …

A survey of the studies published in two leading fisheries journals revealed that the analysis
and measurement of condition, based on length‐weight data, has been performed using a …

Four functional categories are denned to embrace the range of locomotor diversity of aquatic
vertebrates;(1) body/caudal fin (BCF) periodic propulsion where locomotor movements …

Ecology is characterized by a rapidly growing complexity and diversity of facts, aspects,
examples, and observations. What is badly needed is the development of common patterns …

Floodplains are ecosystems which are driven by periodic inundation and oscillation
between terrestrial and aquatic phases. An understanding of such pulsing systems is only …

Research on the large array of tropical estuarine fishes has increased markedly in recent
years and hence scientific knowledge about most aspects of these important fishes' biology …