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Author:   E.K. Balon
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Kluwer Academic Publishers
Volume:   5
Dimensions:   Width: 21.00cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 29.70cm
Weight:   0.936kg
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9789061935148

ISBN 10:   9061935148
Pages:   274
Publication Date:   31 May 1985
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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The theory of saltatory ontogeny and life history models revisited.- Methods.- Microscopic techniques for studies of early ontogeny in fishes: problems and methods of composite descriptions.- Reprints.- Additions and amendments to the classification of reproductive styles in fishes.- About processes which cause the evolution of guilds and species.- Reproductive guilds and the ultimate structure of fish taxocenes: amended contribution to the discussion presented at the mini-symposium.- About the courtship rituals in fishes, but also about a false sense of security given by classification schemes, ‘comprehensive’ reviews and committee decisions.- Early ontogeny of walleye, Stizostedion vitreum, with steps of saltatory development.- Early development of the northern logperch, Percina caprodes semifasciata, according to the theory of saltatory ontogeny.- Early ontogeny of white sucker, Catostornus commersoni, with steps of saltatory development.- Early development of the rainbow darter, Etheostoma caeruleum, according to the theory of salutatory ontogeny.- Early ontogeny of Labeotropheus Ahl, 1927 (Mbuna, Cichlidae, Lake Malawi), with a discussion on advanced protective styles in fish reproduction and development.- The synthesis.- Reflections on epigenetic mechanisms: hypotheses and case histories.- Name, taxon and subject index.

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