In order for biodiversity to be conserved, it is important to know how and where diverse populations of plants and animals exist, to understand the effects of human impacts on them, and to find the means by which these impacts can be lessened and even reversed. While tropical systems are known to be among the most diverse and most threatened globally, tropical freshwater systems have been neglected, and the tremendous variety of fish, amphibians, invertebrates and plants that live in them are poorly known yet seriously threatened. This comprehensive book brings together a wealth of information on the fish of tropical African systems, and discusses how these systems evolved, what holds them together, and what is tearing them apart.
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If biodiversity is to be conserved, we must understand how biodiversity is maintained before we can hope to find ways to reduce human impact. Tropical systems are amongst the most diverse and most threatened globally, but the diversity of freshwaters are poorly understood. This comprehensive book uses the fish of tropical African systems to show how these systems evolved, what holds them together, and what is tearing them apart. This is an important reference work not only for fish biologists, but for all concerned with biodiversity conservation anywhere.
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The principal difference between inland water and marine ecosystems is their patchy nature. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
situ conservation options, tilapiine species, adaptative advantage, douce africains, haplochromine stocks, haplochromine species, lacustrine species, trophic specialisations, adaptative radiation, substrate brooders, endorheic lakes, haplochromine cichlid fishes, reproductive guilds, fish species flocks, cichlid communities, offish species, refuge zones, fish assemblages, fish fauna, endemic fish species, aquatic living resources, cichlid fauna, maturation size, transgenic fish, relict fauna Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Lake Tanganyika, Lake Malawi, Lake Chad, Lake Turkana, African Great Lakes, Lake Kivu, East African, Upper Guinea, Chad Lauzanne, Lake George, Upper Zambezi, Lake Kariba, Mono Paugy, Lake Chilwa, Lake Edward, Lake Naivasha, Lake Nakuru, North America, Lake Albert, Sudd Hickley, River Niger, Chari River, Lake Kyoga, Middle Zambezi, South Africa New!
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situ conservation options, tilapiine species, adaptative advantage, douce africains, haplochromine stocks, haplochromine species, lacustrine species, trophic specialisations, adaptative radiation, substrate brooders, endorheic lakes, haplochromine cichlid fishes, reproductive guilds, fish species flocks, cichlid communities, offish species, refuge zones, fish assemblages, fish fauna, endemic fish species, aquatic living resources, cichlid fauna, maturation size, transgenic fish, relict fauna Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Lake Tanganyika, Lake Malawi, Lake Chad, Lake Turkana, African Great Lakes, Lake Kivu, East African, Upper Guinea, Chad Lauzanne, Lake George, Upper Zambezi, Lake Kariba, Mono Paugy, Lake Chilwa, Lake Edward, Lake Naivasha, Lake Nakuru, North America, Lake Albert, Sudd Hickley, River Niger, Chari River, Lake Kyoga, Middle Zambezi, South Africa New!
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- Perspectives in Ecological Theory by Jonathan Roughgarden on 8 pages
- FISH PHYSIOLOGY V6, Volume 6 by Author Unknown on 7 pages
- Community Ecology by Ted J. Case on 6 pages
- Speciation in Ancient Lakes (Advances in Limnology) by Ken Martens on 5 pages
- Analytical Biogeography: An integrated approach to the study of animal and plant distributions by A.A. Myers on 4 pages
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