Intertidal fishes : life in two worlds / edited by Michael H. Horn, Karen L.M. Martin, Michael A. Chotkowski.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Horn, Michael H.

Martin, Karen L. M.

Chotkowski, Michael Anthony.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Intertidal fishes.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (415 p.)

Place of Publication:

San Diego : Academic Press, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Intertidal Fishes describes the fishes inhabiting the narrow strip of habitat between the high and low tide marks along the rocky coastlines of the world. It analyzes the specialized traits of these fishes that have adapted to living in the dynamic and challenging space where they are alternately exposed to the air and submerged in water with the ebb and flow of the tides. This book provides a comprehensive account of fishes largely overlooked in many previous studies of intertidal organisms and emphasizes how they differ from fishes living in other deeper-water habitats. Coverage inclu

Contents:

Introduction / M.H. Horn, K.L.M. Horn, M.A. Chotkowski

Methods for studying intertidal fishes / R.N. Gibson

Vertical distribution patterns / Claus Dieter Zander, Jurgen Nieder, Karen Martin

Respiration in water and air / Karen L.M. Martin, Christopher R. Bridges

Osmoregulation, acid-base regulation, and nitrogen excretion / David H. Evans, J.B. Claiborne, Gregg A. Kormanik

Movement and homing in intertidal fishes / R.N. Gibson

Sensory systems / Kurt Kotrschal

Intertidal spawning / Edward E. DeMartini

Parental care in intertidal fishes / Ronald M. Coleman

Recruitment of intertidal fishes / Catherine A. Pfister

Herbivory / Michael H. Horn, F. Patricio Ojeda

Predation by fishes in the intertidal / Stephen F. Norton, Amy E. Cook

Intertidal fish communities / R.N. Gibson, R.M. Yoshiyama

Systematics of intertidal fishes / Michael A. Chotkowski, Donald G. Buth, Kim Prochazka

Biogeography of rocky intertidal fishes / Kim Prochazka, Michael A. Chotkowski, Donald G. Buth

Convergent evolution and community convergence : research potential using intertidal fishes / Michael H. Horn

The fossil record of the intertidal zone / Hans-Peter Schultze.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-281-31145-6

9786611311452

0-08-053493-7

OCLC:

437211986