Behaviour of teleost fishes / Edited by Tony J. Pitcher

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Contributors.. Preface.. Series foreword.. Part One: Bases Of Behaviour.. Introduction.. 1. The genetic basis of fish behaviour.. 2. Motivational basis of fish behaviour.. 3. Development of behaviour in fish.. Part Two: Sensory Modalities.. Introduction.. References.. 4. Role of vision in fish behaviour.. 5. Underwater sound and fish behaviour.. 6. Role of olfaction in fish behaviour.. 7. Role of the lateral line in fish behaviour.. Part Three: Behavioural Ecology.. Introduction.. References.. 8. Teleostforaging: facts and theories.. 9. Predation risk and feeding behaviour.. 10. Teleost mating behaviour.. 11. Williams' principle: an explanation of parental care in teleost fishes.. 12. Functions of shoaling behaviour in teleosts.. 13. Individual differences and alternative behaviours.. 14. Fish behaviour by day, night and twilight.. 15. Intertidal teleosts: life in a fluctuating environment.. 16. The behavioural ecology of sticklebacks.. 17. Behavioural ecology of cave-dwelling fishes.. Part Four: Applied Fish Behaviour.. Introduction.. References.. 18. Fish behaviour and fishing gear.. 19. Fish behaviour and the management of freshwater fisheries.. Author index.. Fish index.. Subject index

This book is about the behaviour of teleosts, a well-defined, highly successful taxonomic group of vertebrate animals sharing a common body plan and forming the vast majority of living bony fishes. There are over 22000 living species of teleosts, including nearly all the fish of importance in commercial fisheries and aquaculture. Teleosts are represented in just about every conceivable aquatic environment from temporary desert pools to the deep ocean, from soda lakes to sub-zero Antarctic waters. Behaviour forms the primary interface between these effective survival machines and their environ­ ment; behavioural plasticity is the key to the success of the teleost fishes. In the decade before the publication of the first edition of this book (1986) the study of animal behaviour underwent revolutionary changes under the dual impact of the new fields of behavioural ecology and sociobiology. Quantitative, experimentally-verifiable hypotheses about why individual animals behave were formulated for the first time and met with considerable success. Much of the early work in these new fields concentrated on birds and mammals, but material presented in the first edition of this book helped to demonstrate that fish behaviour is not just a simplified version of that seen in birds and mammals. but obeys the same ecological and evolutionary rules. In the five years since the first edition. much of the early theory has matured: optimal solutions to the problems of feeding and mating require subtle trade-offs of energy balance. eng