In most habitats, adaptations are the single most obvious aspects of an organism’s phenotype. However, the most obvious feature of many subterranean animals are losses, not adaptations. Even Darwin saw subterranean animals as degenerates: examples of eyelessness and loss of structure in general. For him, the explanation was a straightforward Lamarckian one, and one that did not involve adaptation and the struggle of existence. This volume is a comprehensive account of all known species of subterranean fishes. It includes an extensive introduction, history of investigations, consideration of non-stygobitic fishes in caves, and detailed analysis of the conservation status of these very rare animals.
Edited by:
Eleonora Trajano,
Maria Elina Bichuette,
B.G. Kapoor
Imprint: Science Publishers,U.S.
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Weight: 816g
ISBN: 9781578086702
ISBN 10: 1578086701
Pages: 494
Publication Date: 20 May 2010
Audience:
College/higher education
,
General/trade
,
Primary
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Cavefish: Retrospective and Prospective. Biodiversity and Distribution of the Subterranean Fishes of the World. Conservation of Subterranean Fishes. Behavioral Patterns in Subterranean Fishes. The Evolutionary Genetics of Cave Fishes: Convergence, Adaptation and Pleiotropy. Development as an Evolutionary Process in Astyanax Cavefishes. Subterranean Fishes of North America: Amblyopsidae. Subterranean Fishes of Mexico (Poecilia mexicana, Poeciliidae). Subterranean Fishes of Brazil. Subterranean Fishes of Africa. Subterranean Fishes of China. Subterranean Fishes of India.
Eleonora Trajano, Maria Elina Bichuette, B.G. Kapoor
