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Feeding ecology of fish /
Feeding Ecology of Fish establishes a comprehensive framework for the variable ecological patterns exemplified by feeding fishes. The author, a former president of the American Fisheries Society, devotes special attention to synthesizing empirical studies in categorizing feeding patterns. This book...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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San Diego :
Academic Press,
�1994.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Feeding Ecology of Fish; Copyright page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I: Concepts Contributing to the Feeding Ecology of Fish; Chapter 1. Trophic Levels and Optimal Foraging Theory; Introduction; Sketch of Lindeman's Trophic Levels; Foraging Theory; Summary; Literature Cited; Chapter 2. Mouth and Sense Organs; Introduction; Suction Feeding; Vision; Chemoreception; Summary; Literature Cited; Chapter 3. Feeding Variability; Introduction; Trophic Adaptability; Guilds; Generalists, Specialists, and Opportunists; Summary; Literature Cited
- PART II: Plant Eaters and Detritus Feeders: Trophic Level IIChapter 4. Plant-Eating Fish; Introduction; Fish as Herbivores; Physical and Chemical Processing of Ingested Plants; Status of Cellulose Digestion; Marine Algal Turf; Chemical Feeding Deterrents of Marine Algae; Fish That Eat Fruits, Seeds, Flowers, and Leaves; Summary; Literature Cited; Chapter 5. Detritus Feeders; Introduction; The Role of Fish in the Detritus Food Web; Precautions about Identifying Detritivory; Occurrence of Detritus-Feeding Fish; Detritus as a Source of Food; Feeding Strategies; Food Habits of a Few Detritivores
- Alimentary CanalAssimilation; Summary; Literature Cited; PART III: Plankton Predators: Trophic Level III; Chapter 6. Particulate Feeding; Introduction; Vision in Particulate Feeding; Size-Biased Feeding; Models of Size-Biased Feeding; Summary; Literature Cited; Chapter 7. Larval Feeding; Introduction; Description of the Larval Period; Food Habits; Larval Feeding Behavior; Foraging Tactics; Starvation; Food Requirement for Survival; Impact of Larval Feeding on the Zooplankton Community; Summary; Literature Cited; Chapter 8. Filter Feeding; Introduction; Filter Feeding Strategies
- Shifts in Filter Feeding StrategiesFilterers That Use Mucous Entrapment; Mechanical Sieve Model; Gill Rakers; Challenges to Some Ideas about Gill Rakers; Filtering Area, Rates, and Efficiency; Summary; Literature Cited; PART IV: Benthic Predators: Trophic Level III; Chapter 9. Feeding Strategies of Benthic Fish Predators and Their Evolution; Introduction; Marine Benthic Coral Reef Feeders; Freshwater Benthic Feeders of the Great Lakes of Africa; Evolutionary Ecology of the Rock-Dwelling Cichlidae of the Great Lakes of East Africa; Summary; Literature Cited; Chapter 10. Feeding Territory
- IntroductionTerritories of Reef Fish; Territories of Trout and Salmon in Small Cold-Water Streams; Summary; Literature Cited; Chapter 11. Impact of Fish Predation on the Benthic Community; Introduction; Historical Background; Small Cold-Water Trout Streams; Differential Impact of Predation on Invertebrate Groups; Summary; Literature Cited; PART V. Swimming Predators: Trophic Level IV; Chapter 12. Fish That Eat Other Fish and Some Unusual Sources of Food; Introduction; Feeding Strategies; Unusual Sources of Food; Summary; Literature Cited; PART VI. General Ecological Topics