1st Edition

Reproductive Seasonality in Teleosts Environmental Influences

264 Pages
by CRC Press

264 Pages
by CRC Press

This important publication provides, for the first time, a comprehensive review of knowledge of reproductive seasonality in teleosts. It addresses why a particular species should show such seasonality, and how environmental cues act as regulators to ensure that reproductive maturation and breeding occur at the optimum time. The book considers the ultimate factors responsible for the evolution of... Read more
General Introduction. General Concepts of Seasonal Reproduction. Salmonids. Cyprinidae. Sticklebacks. Estuarine and Intertidal Teleosts. Temperate Marine Teleosts. Tropical Freshwater Fishes. Index.

Biography

<p>Angus Munro, Ph.D., is a senior lecturer in the Department of Zoology, the National University of Singapore</p> <p>Alexander P. Scott, B.Sc, Ph.D., is Head of the Behavior and Physiology Group at the Fisheries Laboratory, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Lowestoft, U.K.</p> <p>T. J. Lam, Ph.D., is Professor and Head, Department of Zoology, National University of Singapore, Singapore.</p>