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Fish Behaviour book cover

1st Edition

Fish Behaviour

Edited By Carin Magnhagen, Victoria A. Braithwaite, Elisabet Forsgren Copyright 2008
678 Pages
by CRC Press

662 Pages
by CRC Press
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Fishes are by far the most species-rich vertebrate taxon, and it is also the vertebrate group with the most strikingly diverse repertoire of behaviours and behavioural adaptations. As such, they provide us with many opportunities to explore the fascinating complexities of animal behaviour. Central questions addressed in this book include: How do sensory input, hormones, genetics and experience... Read more

Preface
List of Contributors
PART 1 The Basis
1. The Senses of Fish: Chemosensory, Visual and Octavolateralis
John C. Montgomery and Alexander G. Carton
2. Cognition: Learning and Memory
Victoria A. Braithwaite and Anne Gro Vea Salvanes
3. Hormones and Social Behaviour of Teleost Fish
Rui F. Oliveira and David M. Gonçalves
4. The Genetics of Fish Behavior
Alison M. Bell
PART 2 Essentials of Life
5. Migration and Habitat Choice in Marine Fishes
Julian D. Metcalfe, David Righton, Paul Eastwood and Ewan Hunter
6. Fish Foraging Behaviour in Theory and Practice
PaulJ.B. Hart, Michael M. Webster and Ashley J.W. Ward
7. Assessment of Predation Risk by Prey Fishes
Jennifer L. Kelley
8. Variation in Sexual Selection in Fishes
Ingrid Ahnesjö, Elisabet Forsgren and Charlotta Kvarnemo
9. Mate Choice
Ulrika Candolin and Bob B.M. Wong
10. Parental Care and Sexual Selection
Kai Lindström and Colette M. St.Mary
11. Alternative Reproductive Tactics in Fishes
Rosemary Knapp and Bryan D. Neff
PART 3 Coping with a Complex World
12. Cooperative Behaviour in Fishes
Sigal Balshine and Peter M. Buston
13. Group-Living and Social Networks
Jens Krause, Ashley J.W. Ward, Richard James and Darren P. Croft
14. Decision-making and Trade-offs in Fish Behaviour
Carin Magnhagen and Anne E. Magurran
15. Parasites and Fish Behaviour
Iain Barber and Ben J. Rushbrook
16. New Perspectives on Marine Cleaning Mutualism
Redouan Bshary and Isabelle M. Cote
17. Behaviour and Welfare in Farmed Fish
Eva Brännäs and Jörgen I. Johnsson
Index
Color Plate Section

Biography

Carin Magnhagen, Victoria A. Braithwaite, Elisabet Forsgren and B. G. Kapoor

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