The Biology of Fishes Carl E. Bond
This is a revision of Bond's classic text which is intended as an introduction to the study of fishes for the general reader as well as for the college student. This text can be used as a text for undergraduate courses in ichthyology or for fish sections of vertebrate biology courses. This text provides an excellent background for the study of more advanced works on fishes. Features: * The classification chapters in Part II have been revised to reflect the most up-to-date and in-depth coverage available using the new taxonomy developed by Joseph Nelson. * An entire chapter on the genetics of fishes (27) has been contributed by Dr. Anthony Gharrett of the School of Fisheries and Science at the University of Alaska, Juneau. * A revised Chapter 31, Fishes and the Human Endeavor, promotes the importance of fishes in their environment and the impact of humans on fish populations. * Morphology is now convered in a single chapter (2)