Fish Physiology: The Physiology of Tropical Fishes

Most tropical environments include giant tracts of periodically or partially inundated land that are the result of complex geological, climatic and evolutionary processes. The interactions between fishes and these special environments are fascinating and research into these relationships has resulted in many important and exciting insights. This book presents much of this new research in a vivid and comparative way taking the reader on a voyage throughout the tropical region. It reviews the fish diversity of the various tropical freshwatersheds, including rivers, lakes, and dams, as well as the tropical marine environments. Diversity is the organizational keynote at all levels of tropical fish biology and ecology.