Biology of Subterranean Fishes

Herausgeber: Trajano, Eleonora; Kapoor, B G; Bichuette, Maria Elina

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Analyzing the evolutionary losses characteristic of subterranean animals, this volume is a comprehensive account of all known subterranean species. Cataloging examples of eyelessness and loss of structure in general, it evaluates the Lamarkian theory of degeneration evident in these animals versus the common assumption of adaptation and a struggle for existence. It includes an extensive introduction, history of investigations, consideration of non-stygobitic fishes in caves, and a detailed analysis of the conservation status of these very rare animals.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 494
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Mai 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 826g
• ISBN-13: 9781578086702
• ISBN-10: 1578086701
• Artikelnr.: 29952460

Autorenporträt

Eleonora Trajano, Maria Elina Bichuette, B.G. Kapoor

Inhaltsangabe

Cavefish: Retrospective and Prospective. Biodiversity and Distribution of
the Subterranean Fishes of the World. Conservation of Subterranean Fishes.
Behavioral Patterns in Subterranean Fishes. The Evolutionary Genetics of
Cave Fishes: Convergence, Adaptation and Pleiotropy. Development as an
Evolutionary Process in Astyanax Cavefishes. Subterranean Fishes of North
America: Amblyopsidae. Subterranean Fishes of Mexico (Poecilia mexicana,
Poeciliidae). Subterranean Fishes of Brazil. Subterranean Fishes of Africa.
Subterranean Fishes of China. Subterranean Fishes of India.