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ThesecondeditionofTheDiversityofFishesrepresentsamajorrevisionoftheworld’smostwidelyadoptedichthyologytextbook.Expandedandupdated,thesecondeditionisillustratedthroughoutwithstrikingcolorphotographsdepictingthespectacularevolutionaryadaptationsofthemostecologicallyandtaxonomicallydiversevertebrategroup.Thetextincorporatesthelatestadvancesinthebiologyoffishes,coveringtaxonomy,anatomy,physiology,biogeography,ecology,andbehavior.Anewchapterongeneticsandmolecularecologyoffisheshasbeenadded,andconservationisemphasizedthroughout.Hundredsofnewandredrawnillustrationsaugmentreadabletext,andeverychapterhasbeenrevisedtoreflectthediscoveriesandgreaterunderstandingachievedduringthepastdecade.Writtenbyateamofinternationally-recognizedauthorities,thefirsteditionofTheDiversityofFisheswasreceivedwithenthusiasmandpraise,andincorporatedintoichthyologyandfishbiologyclassesaroundtheglobe,atbothundergraduateandpostgraduatelevels.Thesecondeditionisasubstantialupdateofanalreadyclassicreferenceandtext.CompanionresourcessiteThisbookisaccompaniedbyaresourcessite:www.wiley.com/go/helfmanThesiteisbeingconstantlyupdatedbytheauthorteamandprovides:·Relatedvideosselectedbytheauthors·Updatestothebooksincepublication·Instructorresources·Achancetosendinfeedback
作者简介
GeneS.HelfmanisanEmeritusProfessorofEcologyintheOdumSchoolofEcology,UniversityofGeorgia.Heretiredafter30yearsofconductingresearchonandteachingaboutichthyology,animalbehavior,andconservationbiology.Hisresearchfocusedonthebehavioralecologyandconservationoffishesinlakes,streams,coastaloceans,andcoralreefs.Inadditiontocontributingtothistextbook,Helfmanin2007publishedahighlyacclaimedreferenceandtext,FishConservation:AGuidetoUnderstandingandRestoringGlobalAquaticBiodiversityandFisheryResources.HereceivedaBSfromtheUniversityofCalifornia,anMSfromtheUniversityorHawaii,andaPh.D.fromCornellUniversity.BruceColletteisaSeniorScientistattheNationalSystematicsLaboratoryoftheNationalMarineFisheriesServicebasedintheNationalMuseumofNaturalHistory,partoftheSmithsonianInstitutioninWashington,D.C.Hestudiesthesystematicsandevolutionofseveralgroupsofepipelagicfishessuchastunas,mackerels,halfbeaks,andneedlefishesandbenthicfishessuchastoadfishesandhaspublishedover250papersontheseandotherfishes.Hehasco-authoredbooksonfishesoftheGulfofMaineandBermuda.HereceivedhisBSandPhDdegreesatCornellUniversity.DougFaceyisaProfessorofBiologyatSaintMichael'sCollegeinVermontwherehestudiestheecologyandphysiologyoffishesofLakeChamplainanditstributaries.Oneongoingareaofinterestisfishdiversityinlowertributaries,includingsomeraredarters.DougreceivedhisBSinBiologyattheUniversityofMaine-Orono,hisMSinZoologyattheUniversityofVermont,andhisPhDinZoologyattheUniversityofGeorgia.BrianBowenspentthesummersofhisyouthsnorkelinginCapeCodBay,wherehelearnedtoappreciatefishes.DrBowenisaresearcheratHawaiiInstituteofMarineBiology(UniversityofHawaii),withovertwodozenresearchexpeditions,andover100publicationsontheconservationgeneticsoffishesandothervertebrates.HeholdsaM.A.degreefromVirginiaInstituteofMarineScience,aPh.D.fromUniversityofGeorgia,andisafellowoftheAmericanAssociationfortheAdvancementofScience.CurrentlyDr.Bowenworksonfishfivedaysaweek,andontheweekendpreferstogofishing.
