Ecology of North American freshwater fishes / Stephen T. Ross.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ross, Stephen T.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Freshwater fishes--Ecology--North America.

Freshwater fishes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (473 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The North American freshwater fish fauna is the most diverse and thoroughly researched temperate fish fauna in the world. Ecology of North American Freshwater Fishes is the only textbook to provide advanced undergraduate and graduate students and researchers with an up-to-date and integrated view of the ecological and evolutionary concepts, principles, and processes involved in the formation and maintenance of this fauna. Ecology of North American Freshwater Fishes provides readers with a broad understanding of why specific species and assemblages occur in particular places. Additionally, the text explores how individuals and species interact with each other and with their environments, how such interactions have been altered by anthropogenic impacts, and the relative success of efforts to restore damaged ecosystems.This book is designed for use in courses related to aquatic and fish ecology, fish biology, ichthyology, and related advanced ecology and conservation courses, and is divided into five sections for ease of use. Chapter summaries, supplemental reading lists, online sources, extensive figures, and color photography are included to guide readers through the material and facilitate student learning.Part 1: Faunal origins, evolution, and diversityPresents a broad picture-both spatially and temporally-of the derivation of the fauna, including global and regional geological and climatological processes and their effects on North American fishes.Part 2: Formation, maintenance, and persistence of local populations and assemblagesFocuses on how local fish populations and assemblages are formed and how they persist, or not, through time. Part 3: Form and functionDeals with the relationship of body form and life history patterns as they are related to ecological functions. Part 4: Interactions among individuals and speciesDiscusses the numerous interactions among individuals and species through communication, competition, predation, mutualism, and facilitation. Part 5: Issues in conservationFocuses on several primary conservation issues such as flow alterations and the increasing biotic homogenization of faunas.

Contents:

Part 1. Faunal origins, evolution, and diversity

Origin and derivation of the North American freshwater fish fauna

Reshaping North American fish faunas : the role of late Cenozoic climatic and tectonic events

Part 2. Formation, maintenance, and persistence of local populations and assemblages

Responses of populations and assemblages to biotic and physical factors

The formation and maintenance of populations and assemblages

Persistence of fish assemblages in space and time

Part 3. Form and function

Morphology and functional ecology of the fins and axial skeleton

Form and function in the feeding of fishes

Life history and reproductive ecology

Part 4. Interactions among individuals and species

Communication among individuals

Interactions in resource acquisition I : Niches, competition, and trophic position

Interactions in resource acquisition II : Predation, avoiding predation, and predator effects on ecosystems

Getting along : Mutualism, facilitation, and coevolution

Part 5. Issues in conservation

Streams large and small

Ponds, lakes, and impoundments.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780520955196

0520955196

OCLC:

841809808