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1 online resource (292 pages) |
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Cover; Half-Title Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Introduction; 1. Mediterranean Lagoons and Estuaries; 1.1. What is a lagoon and what is an estuary?; 1.2. Lagoons and estuaries of the Mediterranean: characteristics, inventory and classification; 1.3. Some recurrent preconceived ideas and problems concerning lagoons; 1.4. Geological, geographic and physicochemical types of lagoon; 1.4.1. According to their geological origin; 1.4.2. According to their connections with the sea; 1.4.3. According to their physical chemistry; 1.4.4. According to their haline system |
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1.4.5. According to their nutrient content1.4.6. According to their geographic position and connection with the sea; 1.5. Lagoon hydroclimate and hydrodynamics; 1.6. Some features of lagoon ichthyoecobiology; 1.7. Production in lagoons and trophic chains; 1.8. Lagoon habitats; 2. Ecology and Behavior; 2.1. Origin and originality; 2.2. Ecology and behavior; 2.2.1. Sedentaries; 2.2.2. Migrators; 2.2.3. Intermittent residents; 2.3. Sea-lagoon/lagoon-sea fish interaction: the phenology of migrations; 2.3.1. Inmigration; 2.3.2. Outmigrations; 2.4. Ecological valence |
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2.5. Lagoons and invasions: the presence of exotic species2.6. Structure of fish assemblages; 2.6.1. Natural factors in spatiotemporal distribution; 2.6.2. Assemblages and anthropization; 2.6.3. Utilization of ichthyological indicators; 3. Biology and Genetics; 3.1. Sexuality; 3.2. Reproduction; 3.2.1. Nest building, gestation and fecundity; 3.2.2. Reproductive success and gamete management; 3.2.3. Reproductive particularities in Blenniidae, Gobiidae and Labridae; 3.2.4. Reproductive particularities in Syngnathidae; 3.2.5. Other aspects of nest building and parental care |
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3.2.6. Other aspects of reproduction in migrators3.3. Feeding and energy transfer; 3.3.1. Alimentary guilds and competition; 3.3.2. Cannibalism; 3.3.3. Feeding behavior; 3.4. Age and growth; 3.5. Intra-and interspecific communication; 3.5.1. Visual functions; 3.5.2. The olfactory functions; 3.5.3. Auditive and mechanoreceptive functions; 3.6. Ecological genetics; 3.6.1. Sedentary species; 3.6.2. Migratory species; 3.6.3. Other structural factors; 4. Fisheries and Aquaculture; 4.1. Fishing in lagoons; 4.1.1. Advantages of lagoons for fish; 4.1.2. Fishing methods and techniques |
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4.1.3. Fisheries production and yield4.1.4. Interaction between marine and lagoon fisheries; 4.2. Aquaculture in lagoons; 4.3. Fisheries-aquaculture interactions in the lagoons; 5. Anthropization and Climate Change; 5.1. Threats to lagoon and estuarine systems and their ichthyological populations; 5.2. On the need for an integrated approach to lagoon ichthyology; 5.3. Toward a best knowledge of lagoons: the contribution of the Mediterranean "lagoon-estuarine networks"; Appendix; A.1. List of Mediterranean lagoons; A.2. List of families and species recorded per lagoon and/or estuary; Glossary |
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Fishes -- Mediterranean Sea
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Lagoons -- Mediterranean Sea
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Estuaries -- Mediterranean Sea
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Estuaries
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Fishes
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Lagoons
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Mediterranean Sea
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Quignard, Jean-Pierre
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| ISBN |
9781119572169 |
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1119572169 |
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