Patterns in Freshwater Fish Ecology

Patterns in Freshwater Fish Ecology by William J. Matthews.

Nearly a decade ago I began planning this book with the goal of summarizing the existing body of knowledge on ecology of freshwater fishes in a way similar to that of H. B. N. Hynes' comprehensive treatise Ecology of Running Waters for streams. The time seemed appropriate, as there had been sev...

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Main Author: Matthews, William J. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1998.
Edition:1st ed. 1998.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Aquatic ecology .
Ecology .
Zoology.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Overview of Fishes and Fish Assemblages
  • 1.1 Problems and Approaches in Fish Ecology
  • 1.2 Diversity of Fishes and Their Habitats
  • 1.3 Questions about Fish Assemblages
  • 1.4 Explanations?
  • 1.5 Guideposts
  • 2. Structure of Fish Assemblages
  • 2.1 Introduction
  • 2.2 Number of Species, Families, and Species per Family
  • 2.3 Trophic and Functional Groups, and Predator/Prey Species
  • 2.4 Abundance, Body Size, and Mouth Size
  • 2.5 Summary
  • 3. Discrete Versus Overlapping Assemblages and Assemblage Stability
  • 3.1 Discrete Versus Overlapping Assemblages
  • 3.2 Stability of Fish Assemblages
  • 3.3 Summary
  • 4. Stream Ecology and Limnology as Related to Fish Assemblages
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Physical and Chemical Limnology and its Effect on Fish and Fish Assemblages
  • 4.3 Lentic Versus Lotic Environments as Fish Habitats
  • 4.4 Characteristics of Lakes that Influence Fish Assemblages
  • 4.5 Characteristics of Streams that Influence Fish Assemblages
  • 4.6 Summary
  • 5. Influence of Global to Regional Zoogeography on Local Fish Assemblages
  • 5.1 Introduction
  • 5.2 Global Zoogeography of Freshwater Fishes
  • 5.3 Subcontinental Zoogeography of Freshwater Fishes
  • 5.4 Regional Biogeography of Fishes
  • 5.5 Merging Concepts of Geological, Zoogeographic, and Basin-Level Effects in Ecological Time
  • 6. Physical Factors Within Drainages as Related to Fish Assemblages
  • 6.1 Introduction
  • 6.2 Area Effects at “Drainage” Level
  • 6.3 Local Habitat Size
  • 6.4 Habitat Structure, Cover, Complexity, and Productivity
  • 6.5 Zonation of Fishes in Lakes and Streams
  • 6.6 Landscape Ecology: Looking Laterally, Instead of Just Up and Down the Stream?
  • 6.7 Multivariate Analyses of Fish Distributions, and Influence of Environmental Variables
  • 7. Disturbance, Harsh Environments, and Physicochemical Tolerance
  • 7.1 Introduction
  • 7.2 Definition and Time Scales of Disturbance
  • 7.3 Floods
  • 7.4 Drought
  • 7.5 Physicochemical Stress
  • 7.6 Disturbance and Physicochemical Effects: Combined
  • 8. Morphology, Habitat Use, and Life History
  • 8.1 Introduction
  • 8.2 Water as a Medium: Fluid Drag
  • 8.3 Morphology
  • 8.4 Hydraulics, Morphology, Microhabitat, and Food Use
  • 8.5 Reproduction and Life History
  • 8.6 Movement and Migration
  • 9. Interactive Factors: Competition, Mixed Species Benefits, and Coevolution
  • 9.1 Interspecific Competition and Resource Partitioning
  • 9.2 Intraspecific Competition, Density Effects, and Resource Partitioning
  • 9.3 Mixed-Species Effects in Assemblages
  • 9.4 Coevolution in Fish Assemblages?
  • 10. Interactive Factors: Predation Effects in Fish Assemblages
  • 10.1 Predation and a Hypothetical Model
  • 10.2 Empirical Studies of Piscivory
  • 10.3 Experiments with Piscivore-Prey Systems
  • 10.4 Theoretical Aspects of Predation
  • 10.5 Conclusions: Effects of Piscivory in Fish Assemblages
  • 11. Effects of Fish in Ecosystems
  • 11.1 Introduction
  • 11.2 Direct Effects of Fish in Ecosystems
  • 11.3 Planktivory
  • 11.4 Herbivory
  • 11.5 Nutrient Effects and Ecosystem Engineering
  • 11.6 Indirect Effects of Fish in Ecosystems
  • 11.7 Keystone Species and Strong Interactors
  • Literature Cited
  • Taxonomic Index
  • Locality Index.

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