Ecomorphology of fishes

Joseph J. Luczkovich, Philip J. Motta, Stephen F. Norton, Karel F. Liem (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

307 Seiten

2010 | Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1995
Springer (Verlag)
978-90-481-4620-8 (ISBN)

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Ecomorphology is the comparative study of the influence of morphology on ecological relationships and the evolutionary impact of ecological factors on morphology in different life intervals, populations, species, communities, and evolutionary lineages. The book reviews early attempts at qualitative descriptions of ecomorphological patterns in fishes, especially those of the Russian school. More recent, quantitative studies are emphasised, including multivariate approaches to ecomorphological analysis, the selection of functionally important ecological and morphological variables to analyze, an experimental approach using performance tests to examine specific hypotheses derived from functional morphology, and the evolutionary interpretations of ecomorphological patterns. Six major areas of fish biology are focused on: feeding, sensory systems, locomotion, respiration, reproduction, and phylogenetic relationships. The 18 papers in the volume document: (1) how the morphologyof bony fishes constrains ecological patterns and the use of resources; (2) whether ecological constraints can narrow the niche beyond the limits imposed by morphology (fundamental vs. realized niche); (3) how communities of fishes are organized with respect to ecomorphological patterns; and (4) the degree to which evolutionary pressures have produced convergent or divergent morphologies in fishes. A concluding paper summarizes ecomorphological research in fishes and points out taxa that are underrepresented or are especially promising for future research.

Prelude to ecomorphology of fishes.- Perspectives on the ecomorphology of bony fishes.- Development of ecomorphology of fishes in Russia.- Ecomorphological correlates in ten species of subtropical seagrass fishes: diet and microhabitat utilization.- A functional approach to ecomorphological patterns of feeding in cottid fishes.- The influence of oral anatomy on prey selection during the ontogeny of two percoid fishes, Lagodon rhomboides and Centropomus undecimalis.- Predicting patterns of prey use from morphology of fishes.- Ecomorphology of retinal structures in zooplanktivorous haplochromine cichlids (Pisces) from Lake Victoria.- Ecomorphological adaptations to bioluminescence in Porichthys notatus.- Ecomorphology of solitary chemosensory cell systems in fish: a review.- Tradeoffs between respiration and feeding in Sacramento blackfish, Orthodon microlepidotus.- Time and tide wait for no fish: intertidal fishes out of water.- Papyrus swamps and the respiratory ecology of Barbus neumayeri.- Morphology, mechanics, and locomotion: the relation between the notochord and swimming motions in sturgeon.- Evolutionary interplay between ecology, morphology and reproductive behavior in threespine stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus.- Armor morphology and reproductive output in threespine stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus.- Ecomorphological diversification and convergence in fluvial cichlid fishes.- Phylogenetic systematics and biomechanics in ecomorphology.- The role of ecomorphological studies in the comparative biology of fishes.- Species and subject index.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	9.12.2010
Reihe/Serie	Developments in Environmental Biology of Fishes ; 16
Zusatzinfo	V, 307 p.
Verlagsort	Dordrecht
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Evolution
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Limnologie / Meeresbiologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
ISBN-10	90-481-4620-8 / 9048146208
ISBN-13	978-90-481-4620-8 / 9789048146208
Zustand	Neuware