Ecomorphology of Fishes

About this book

Reprinted from Environmental Biology of Fishes 44:1-3. Six major areas of fish biology are examined: feeding, sensory systems, locomotion, respiration, reproduction and phylogenetic relationships.

Contents

Prelude to ecomorphology of fishes; E.K. Balon, K.F. Liem. Perspectives on the ecomorphology of bony fishes; P.J. Motta, et al. Development of ecomorphology of fishes in Russia; S.A. Smirnov, et al. Ecomorphological correlates in ten species of subtropical seagrass fishes: diet and microhabitat utilization; P.J. Motta, et al. A functional approach to ecomorphological patterns of feeding in cottid fishes; S.F. Norton. The influence of oral anatomy on prey selection during the ontogeny of two percoid fishes, Lagodon rhomboides and Centropomus undecimalis; J.J. Luczkovich, et al. Predicting patterns of prey use from morphology of fishes; P.C. Wainwright, B.A. Richard. Ecomorphology of retinal structures in zooplanktivorous haplochromine cichlids (Pisces) from Lake Victoria; H.J. van der Meer, et al. Ecomorphological adaptations to bioluminescence in Porichthys notatus; A.F. Mensinger. Ecomorphology of solitary chemosensory cell systems in fish: a review; K.Kotrschal. Tradeoffs between respiration and feeding in Sacramento blackfish, Orthodon microlepidotus; J.J. Chech Jr., M.J. Massingill. Time and tide wait for no fish: intertidal fishes out of water; K.L.M. Martin. Papyrus swamps and the respiratory ecology of Barbus neumayeri; L.J. Chapman, K.F. Liem. Morphology, mechanics, and locomotion; the relation between the notochord and swimming motions in sturgeon; J.H. Long Jr. Evolutionary interplay between ecology, morphology and reproductive behavior in threespine stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus; S.A. Foster, J.A. Baker. Armor morphology and reproductive output in threespine stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus; J.A. Baker, et al. Ecomorphological diversification and convergence in fluvial cichlid fishes; K.O. Winemuller, et al. Phylogenetic systematics and biomechanics in ecomorphology; M.W. Westneat. Summary. The role of ecomorphological studies in the comparative biology of fishes; S.F. Norton.

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