Fish behavior. 1, Eco-ethology /

Advances in underwater exploration, in situ observation of fish populations, as well as the development of cutting-edge technologies, provide modern insights into behaviors and strategies of fish, whose cognitive abilities have long been underestimated and undervalued. Fish Behavior 1 presents curre...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Quignard, Jean-Pierre
Otros Autores: Bruslé, Jacques
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2020.
Colección:Ecological sciences series
Temas:
Fishes > Behavior.
Poissons > Mœurs et comportement.
Fishes > Behavior
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Half-Title Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1. Habitats: Occupation, Protection and Exploitation
  • 1.1. Diverse and unusual habitats
  • 1.1.1. Psammophilous* habitats
  • 1.1.2. Reef cavity habitats
  • 1.1.3. Rocky habitats
  • 1.1.4. Plant habitats
  • 1.1.5. Zoohabitats
  • 1.1.6. Intertidal* habitats
  • 1.1.7. Karst* habitats
  • 1.1.8. Intermittent habitats
  • 1.1.9. Habitats modified by other animals
  • 1.1.10. Manmade habitats
  • 1.1.11. Ecological niches not frequented by other species
  • 1.1.12. Seemingly unlimited pelagic habitats
  • 1.1.13. Temporal fluctuations in habitat occupancy
  • 1.1.14. Ontogenic and/or physiological fluctuations
  • 1.1.15. An amphibious existence
  • 1.1.16. An underground life
  • 1.1.17. Living in the abyss
  • 1.2. Food: the use of trophic habitats
  • 1.2.1. Choose more or less energy-giving foods
  • 1.2.2. Adopt original hunting methods
  • 1.2.3. Use of cannibalism
  • 1.2.4. Practice grazing
  • 1.3. Individual and collective protective habitats
  • 1.3.1. Protecting oneself from environmental factors
  • 1.3.2. Protecting oneself from congeners and competing species
  • 1.3.3. Protecting oneself from predators
  • 1.3.4. Practicing the art of camouflage
  • 1.3.5. A safe resting phase
  • 1.3.6. Owning and defending a territory
  • 1.4. Breeding habitats (Volume 2, section 2.1)
  • 2. Strategies and Tactics for the Occupation of Available Territories
  • 2.1. Faithfulness to habitat and birth site
  • 2.1.1. Remaining faithful to one's habitat
  • 2.1.2. Loyalty to one's birth site
  • 2.2. Habitat changes
  • 2.2.1. The great migrators
  • 2.2.2. Navigators
  • 2.2.3. Great travelers
  • 2.2.4. Divers
  • 2.2.5. Illegal migrants
  • 2.2.6. Adapting to ambient hydrodynamics
  • 2.2.7. Overcoming an obstacle
  • 2.3. The colonization of new territories
  • 2.3.1. Invaders
  • 2.3.2. Western colonizers
  • 2.3.3. Eastern colonizers
  • 2.3.4. Invasions of tropical species
  • 2.3.5. Parasitic invasions
  • 2.3.6. A most unfortunate introduction
  • 2.3.7. Marine "aliens"
  • 2.3.8. Recent tropical peril
  • 2.3.9. Marine reserves and fish farms: habitats that facilitate migration?
  • 2.3.10. Other colonization related to aquaculture
  • 2.3.11. Unexplained presence
  • 3. Communication and Social Life: Behaviors Related to Social Interrelations between Congeners, Parasites and Predators
  • 3.1. Communication between partners
  • 3.1.1. Accurate information signals
  • 3.1.2. Fast and efficient visual signals
  • 3.1.3. Useful and precise olfactory signals
  • 3.1.4. Substitution phenomena between sensory signals
  • 3.1.5. Highly informative auditory signals
  • 3.1.6. Remarkably discriminating electrical signals
  • 3.1.7. Champions of neuroethology
  • 3.2. Neighborly warning
  • 3.2.1. Beneficial altruism between congeners

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