0801487722
Document Actions
Authors:
Edition:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Availability:
This book is aimed at lay people interested in fishes - aquarists, fisherfolk, naturalists - and at upper undergraduates interested in animal behavior. It popularizes those facts about fish behavior that are hidden in the scientific literature or not readily apparent in the descriptive popular literature. The emphasis is on the methodology and results of clever experimental studies aimed at revealing the special abilities of fishes. The book covers sensory abilities (olfaction, hearing, lateral line, electricity and magnetism), cognitive abilities (learning, telling time, individual recognition, gauging predators and adversaries), and choosing abilities (mate choice, shoal choice, making compromises). Written in a style accessible to students and non-scientists, the book also contains a great number of references to the primary literature.