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This volume is a collection of papers assembled to honour Hiroya Kawanabe, an eminent Japanese ecologist who studied fishes and other organisms. Kawanabe retired from his position as Professor at Kyoto University in March 1996. In the first section of the volume his career is highlighted by a biography describing his life and work, a bibliography of his more than 750 lifetime publications, and a personal interview with a colleague who has been close to his work throughout his career. Papers in the second section of the volume include invited reviews of research on fish ecology in Japan, a historical overview of freshwater fishes of Japan, and recent studies on sex change among reef fishes. The 24 papers in the third section of the volume by Japanese fish biologists and their collaborators cover a wide variety of topics on fish biology. These include papers on evolution, genetics, systematics, reproductive biology, early life history, life history variation, behaviour, physiology, ecology, and zoogeography. These papers address fishes from lentic, lotic, and marine ecosystems in Japan, Asia, Africa, North America, and in some cases worldwide. One of Hiroya Kawanabe's most memorable contributions was to foster collaboration between Japanese ecologists and other scientists, a collaboration which this text seeks to perpetuate.

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Author:   Masahide Yuma ,  Izumi Nakamura ,  Kurt D. Fausch
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   Reprinted from ENVIRONMENTAL BIOLOGY OF FISHES, 52:1-3, 1998
Volume:   18
Dimensions:   Width: 21.60cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 27.90cm
Weight:   1.451kg
ISBN:  

9780792351269

ISBN 10:   0792351266
Pages:   405
Publication Date:   31 July 1998
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
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Table of Contents

Prelude to the anthology in honour of Hiroya Kawanabe.- The life and work of Hiroya Kawanabe: the priest ecologist.- Lifetime list of publications by Hiroya Kawanabe.- An interview with Hiroya Kawanabe.- Research on fish ecology in Japan: a brief history and selected review.- Distribution of the freshwater fishes of Japan: an historical overview.- New aspects of sex change among reef fishes: recent studies in Japan.- Evolution of freshwater eels of the genus Anguilla: a probable scenario.- Genetic structure and differentiation of four Lethenteron taxa from the Far East, deduced from allozyme analysis.- Osteology of Zacco pachycephalus, sensu Jordan & Evermann (1903), with special reference to its systematic position.- A study of the systematics of cyprinid fishes by two-dimensional gel electrophoresis.- Fertilization environment of the non-copulating marine sculpin, Hemilepidotus gilberti.- Comparison of laboratory-reared eggs, embryos and larvae of five labrid fishes.- Life-history variations in the fluvial sculpin, Cottus nozawae (Cottidae), along the course of a small mountain stream.- Spawning ecology of Japanese surf smelt, Hypomesus pretiosus japonicus (Osmeridae), in Otsuchi Bay, northeastern Japan.- Timing and sites of parturition of the viviparous scorpionfish, Sebastiscus marmoratus.- Coexistence of permanently territorial cichlids of the genus Petrochromis through male-mating attack.- Dyadic relationships in nesting males of the three-spined stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus.- Sex determination system of the rosy bitterling, Rhodeus ocellatus ocellatus.- Reproductive success in female Neolamprologus mondabu (Cichlidae): influence of substrate types.- Parental care and social organization of the spiny eel, Aethiomastacembelus platysoma, in Lake Tanganyika.-Daily spawning and development of sensitivity to gonadotropin and maturation-inducing steroid in the oocytes of the bambooleaf wrasse, Pseudolabrus japonicus.- Effects of sandy substrate and light on hypermelanosis of the blind side in cultured Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus.- Factors influencing otolith strontium/calcium ratios in Anguilla japonica elvers.- Growth of dark chub, Zacco temmincki (Cyprinidae), with a discussion of sexual size differences.- Analyses of growth processes of pond smelt, Hypomesus nipponensis, in Lake Ogawara, Japan, through the use of daily otolith increments.- Starvation of drifting goby larvae due to retention of free embryos in upstream reaches.- Feeding of a benthic goby in a river where nektonic fishes are absent.- Competitive interactions for foraging microhabitat among introduced brook charr, Salvelinus fontinalis, and native bull charr, S. confluentus, and westslope cutthroat trout, Oncorhynchus clarki lewisi, in a Montana stream.- Temporal variation in foraging group structure of a size-structured stream fish community.- Food resources of shrimp-eating cichlid fishes in Lake Tanganyika.- Feeding habits of largemouth bass in a non-native environment: the case of a small lake with bluegill in Japan.- A new perspective on lakes: Kawanabe’s latest achievements.- Species and subject index.

Reviews

The book is well edited and...it is not only useful to the Japanese fish biologists but is also a stimulating book to read for zoologists, fish biologists as well as aquatic ecologists.' Aquatic Ecology, 33 (1999)

'The book is well edited and...it is not only useful to the Japanese fish biologists but is also a stimulating book to read for zoologists, fish biologists as well as aquatic ecologists.' Aquatic Ecology, 33 (1999)

'The book is well edited and...it is not only useful to the Japanese fish biologists but is also a stimulating book to read for zoologists, fish biologists as well as aquatic ecologists.' Aquatic Ecology, 33 (1999)

'The book is well edited and...it is not only useful to the Japanese fish biologists but is also a stimulating book to read for zoologists, fish biologists as well as aquatic ecologists.' Aquatic Ecology, 33 (1999)

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