Reproductive Seasonality in Teleosts: Environmental Influences / Edition 1

by Angus D. Munro, Alexander P. Scott, T. J. Lam

Overview

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 reproductive seasonality in fish. It reviews salient concepts of reproductive seasonality in mammals. This volume also includes a review of accumulated knowledge of the control mechanisms of salmonids, gasterosteids, temperate cyprinids, cyprinodonts and other brackish-water forms, and marine and tropical freshwater teleosts. This is a work of value to research scientists in the field of environmental physiology, reproductive biology, and comparative neuroendocrinology and endocrinology. In addition, it is relevant for institutions involved with aquaculture and fisheries management. It is useful for post-graduate as well as undergraduate courses in fish biology and various related subjects.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780849368752
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	03/26/1990
Pages:	264
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Angus Munro, Ph.D., is a senior lecturer in the Department of Zoology, the National University of Singapore

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.

T. J. Lam, Ph.D., is Professor and Head, Department of Zoology, National University of Singapore, Singapore.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 General Introduction, Chapter 2 General Concepts of Seasonal Reproduction, Chapter 3 Salmonids, Chapter 4 Cyprinidae, Chapter 5 Sticklebacks, Chapter 6 Estuarine and Intertidal Teleosts, Chapter 7 Temperate Marine Teleosts, Chapter 8 Tropical Freshwater Fishes, Index

Editorial Reviews

Following an introductory chapter on some of the factors that favor reproductive seasonality in teleosts (a group of fishes having bony skeletons and rayed fins) and a chapter overview of the literature on long-term adaptive changes among higher organisms generally (including mammals) to seasonal environmental fluctuations, the remaining chapters focus on specific groups of teleosts: salmonids, cyprinids, sticklebacks, estuarine and intertidal teleosts, temperate marine teleosts, and tropical freshwater fishes. Extensive chapter references. Acidic paper. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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