Teleost fishes account for nearly half of all known vertebrate species. Theyhave representatives in virtually all aquatic systems and an enormous varietyin the ... » 

Teleost fishes account for nearly half of all known vertebrate species. Theyhave representatives in virtually all aquatic systems and an enormous varietyin the ways they live. Moreover teleost fishes support subsistence andcommercial fisheries and aquaculture systems throughout the world. The secondedition of this highly respected book retains the aims and structure of thefirst edition emphasizing the responses of individual fish to theirenvironment and the consequences of these responses for the population andcommunity to which the individuals belong. Fully updated and rewritten thisnew edition of Ecology of Teleost Fishes offers a thorough and integratedapproach to the area and is essential reading for all students of fish biologyand ecology fisheries science and aquaculture. Fish biologists fisheriesscientists ecologists and researchers in fish population studies genetics andaquaculture will also find this book to be an invaluable reference source. «