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Jawless fishes of the world / edited by Alexei Orlov and Richard Beamish.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fishes--Encyclopedias.
- Fishes.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (433 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2016.
- Summary:
- Hagfishes and lampreys, both examples of jawless fishes, are elongated, eel-like animals lacking paired fins, and are the only living representatives of ancient creatures that gave rise to current species of fish and, eventually, humans. This volume provides an overview of the current status of knowledge on a variety of topics related to jawless fishes, including their taxonomy, zoogeography, phylogeny, molecular biology, evolution, life history, role in the ecosystem, and fisheries and management of hagfishes and lampreys worldwide. This is the first book dealing exclusively with the various
- Contents:
- Intro
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Part 1: Evolution, Phylogeny, Diversity, and Taxonomy
- Chapter One
- Chapter Two
- Chapter Three
- Chapter Four
- Chapter Five
- Chapter Six
- Chapter Seven
- Chapter Eight
- Chapter Nine
- Chapter Ten
- Part 2: Ecology and Life History
- Chapter Eleven
- Chapter Twelve
- Chapter Thirteen
- Chapter Fourteen.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 16, 2016).
- ISBN:
- 1-4438-8964-4
- OCLC:
- 951223815
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