The Biology of Gobies (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Patzner, Robert; Kapoor, B. G.; Kovacic, Marcelo; Tassell, James L. van

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Among all vertebrates, gobies are second in diversity only to the teleost family Cyprinidae. The Gobiidae consists of more than 200 genera and nearly 2,000 species and make up the largest family of marine fishes. Gobies account for as much as 50% of the energy flow in coral reef communities. Their small size, ability to adapt to numerous ecological

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• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 702
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. September 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781439862339
• Artikelnr.: 57124281

Autorenporträt

James L. Van Tassell, Robert Patzner, Marcelo Kovacic, B.G. Kapoor

Inhaltsangabe

SYSTEMATICS. A History of Gobioid Morphological Systematics. Molecular
Systematics of Gobioid Fishes. Systematics of Rhyacichthyidae. Systematics
of Odontobutidae. Systematics of Butidaeand Eleotridae.Systematics of
Gobionellidae. Systematics of Oxudercinae.Systematics of
Amblyopinae.Systematics of Sicydiinae.Systematics of Gobiidae.
ZOOGEOGRAPHY. Gobiidae of the Americas. North-eastern Atlantic and
Mediterranean Gobies.Diversity and Distribution of Marine, Euryhaline and
Amphidromous Gobies fromWestern, Central and SouthernAfrica.The Marine
Temperate Gobioids of Southern Australia and the New Zealand Region.
Tropical Freshwater Gobies: Amphidromy as a Life Cycle. Diversity and
Distribution of Freshwater Gobies from the Mediterranean, the Black and
Caspian Seas. GENERAL BIOLOGY. Gobies as Predator and Prey. Morphological
Adaptations to Special Environments of Gobies. Morphological Organization
and Variability of the Reproductive Apparatus in Gobies. Early Development
of Gobies. ECOLOGY. Planktonic and Paedomorphic Gobioids. Gobies on Coral
Reefs.Gobies as Cleaners. The Partnership between Gobiid Fishes and
Burrowing Alpheid Shrimps. Mudskippers: Front Runners in the Modern
Invasion of Land.