Communication in fishes; 2v.9781578083282 Communication in fishes; 2v. Ed. by Friedrich Ladich et al. Science Publishers, Inc. 2006 880 pages $145.00 Hardcover QL639 In this collection of new articles on this rapidly changing field in the study of animal behavior, contributors describe how fish communicate with acoustic, chemical, visual, and electric signals. Topics include the diverse sound-generating mechanisms in fishes, evolutionary trends in swim bladder swim bladder, large, thin-walled sac in some fishes that may function in several ways, e.g., as a buoyant float, a sound producer and receptor, and a respiratory organ. sound mechanisms, propagation of fish sounds, agonistic agonistic /ag·o·nis·tic/ (ag?o-nis´tik) pertaining to a struggle or competition; as an agonistic muscle, counteracted by an antagonistic muscle. behavior and acoustic communication, reproductive behavior Reproductive behavior Behavior related to the production of offspring; it includes such patterns as the establishment of mating systems, courtship, sexual behavior, parturition, and the care of young. and acoustic interactions, detection, hydromechanical communication, olfactory systems, and public chemical information in anti-predator behavior. Visual topics include a model of the propagation of visual signals, color discrimination, visual communication is Elasmobranchs, perceptions of like fish, UV communication, pigments in deep water, spectral sensitivity, and photoreception photoreception Biological responses to stimulation by light, most often referring to the mechanism of vision. In one-celled organisms such as the amoeba, the whole cell may be sensitive to light. without images while those on electric communication include measuring and visualizing fields, plasticity of the electric organ discharge waveform The shape of a signal. See wavelength, sine wave and square wave. , evolution of signals, social signals during courtship, integration with other senses and the neuroethology of senders and receivers. Distributed in the US by Enfield. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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