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The Diversity of Fishes


by Gene Helfman, Bruce Collette, Douglas Facey

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Sales Rank: 152768
Studio: Wiley-Blackwell
Binding: Hardcover
Number Of Pages: 544
Publication Date: September 16, 1997
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell


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Product Description
Fishes, as the largest group of living vertebrates, offer almost unlimited opportunities for the study of evolutionary adaptations to environmental and biotic selection pressures. The book covers basic fish anatomy, physiology and phylogeny, but the major theme of the book is evolution. For example, What has been the effect of evolutionary pressures on the form and function of fishes? Pitched at the undergraduate market, this book will serve as a core text for ichthyology courses offered by wildlife and fishery departments.


CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 5.0 based on 2 reviews)

More Ecology Than Moyle and Cech  
This is an outstanding upper-division textbook on fishes, comparable to Moyle and Cech, with important differences. These authors place more emphasis on behavior and ecology. These authors also utilize cladistics (explained in an excellent early chapter on systematics) throughout in their classification of fishes. This textbook is probably a bit more detailed in its content and slightly less readable than Moyle and Cech, but both make excellent references. Helfman et al include a number of boxed readings which provide up-to-date information on scientific research and other interesting fish topics (like eelskin boots!)
December 28, 2006

perfect  
The book was recieved in a timely fashion, and was in immaculate condition. I will definately be doing business with them again.
October 11, 2005


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