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Fish behavior. 1, Eco-ethology / Jean-Pierre Quignard, Jacques Brusle.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Quignard, Jean-Pierre.
- Series:
- NATO ASI series. Ecological sciences Series G,
- ECOLOGICAL SCIENCES.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fishes--Behavior.
- Fishes.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (283 pages).
- Other Title:
- Eco-ethology
- Place of Publication:
- Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2020.
- System Details:
- text file
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half-Title Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Habitats: Occupation, Protection and Exploitation
- 1.1. Diverse and unusual habitats
- 1.1.1. Psammophilous* habitats
- 1.1.2. Reef cavity habitats
- 1.1.3. Rocky habitats
- 1.1.4. Plant habitats
- 1.1.5. Zoohabitats
- 1.1.6. Intertidal* habitats
- 1.1.7. Karst* habitats
- 1.1.8. Intermittent habitats
- 1.1.9. Habitats modified by other animals
- 1.1.10. Manmade habitats
- 1.1.11. Ecological niches not frequented by other species
- 1.1.12. Seemingly unlimited pelagic habitats
- 1.1.13. Temporal fluctuations in habitat occupancy
- 1.1.14. Ontogenic and/or physiological fluctuations
- 1.1.15. An amphibious existence
- 1.1.16. An underground life
- 1.1.17. Living in the abyss
- 1.2. Food: the use of trophic habitats
- 1.2.1. Choose more or less energy-giving foods
- 1.2.2. Adopt original hunting methods
- 1.2.3. Use of cannibalism
- 1.2.4. Practice grazing
- 1.3. Individual and collective protective habitats
- 1.3.1. Protecting oneself from environmental factors
- 1.3.2. Protecting oneself from congeners and competing species
- 1.3.3. Protecting oneself from predators
- 1.3.4. Practicing the art of camouflage
- 1.3.5. A safe resting phase
- 1.3.6. Owning and defending a territory
- 1.4. Breeding habitats (Volume 2, section 2.1)
- 2. Strategies and Tactics for the Occupation of Available Territories
- 2.1. Faithfulness to habitat and birth site
- 2.1.1. Remaining faithful to one's habitat
- 2.1.2. Loyalty to one's birth site
- 2.2. Habitat changes
- 2.2.1. The great migrators
- 2.2.2. Navigators
- 2.2.3. Great travelers
- 2.2.4. Divers
- 2.2.5. Illegal migrants
- 2.2.6. Adapting to ambient hydrodynamics
- 2.2.7. Overcoming an obstacle
- 2.3. The colonization of new territories
- 2.3.1. Invaders
- 2.3.2. Western colonizers
- 2.3.3. Eastern colonizers
- 2.3.4. Invasions of tropical species
- 2.3.5. Parasitic invasions
- 2.3.6. A most unfortunate introduction
- 2.3.7. Marine "aliens"
- 2.3.8. Recent tropical peril
- 2.3.9. Marine reserves and fish farms: habitats that facilitate migration?
- 2.3.10. Other colonization related to aquaculture
- 2.3.11. Unexplained presence
- 3. Communication and Social Life: Behaviors Related to Social Interrelations between Congeners, Parasites and Predators
- 3.1. Communication between partners
- 3.1.1. Accurate information signals
- 3.1.2. Fast and efficient visual signals
- 3.1.3. Useful and precise olfactory signals
- 3.1.4. Substitution phenomena between sensory signals
- 3.1.5. Highly informative auditory signals
- 3.1.6. Remarkably discriminating electrical signals
- 3.1.7. Champions of neuroethology
- 3.2. Neighborly warning
- 3.2.1. Beneficial altruism between congeners
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- 3.2.2. Acoustic solidarity for defensive purposes
- Electronic reproduction. Hoboken, N.J. Available via World Wide Web.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Clarence J. Marshall Memorial Library Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Quignard, Jean-Pierre Fish Behavior 1 : Eco-Ethology
- ISBN:
- 9781119721932
- 1119721938
- 9781119721895
- 111972189X
- Publisher Number:
- 99986737411
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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