Daniel Pauly

Darwin's Fishes (eBook, PDF)

An Encyclopedia of Ichthyology, Ecology, and Evolution

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

In Darwin's Fishes, Daniel Pauly presents an encyclopaedia of ichthyology, ecology and evolution, based upon everything that Charles Darwin ever wrote about fish. Entries are arranged alphabetically and can be about, for example, a particular fish taxon, an anatomical part, a chemical substance, a scientist, a place, or an evolutionary or ecological concept. The reader can start wherever they like and are then led by a series of cross-references on a fascinating voyage of interconnected entries, each indirectly or directly connected with original writings from Darwin himself. Along the way, the reader is offered interpretation of the historical material put in the context of both Darwin's time and that of contemporary biology and ecology. This book is intended for anyone interested in fishes, the work of Charles Darwin, evolutionary biology and ecology, and natural history in general.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. August 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511192357
• Artikelnr.: 38210277

Autorenporträt

Daniel Pauly is a tenured Professor at the Fisheries Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. He has written over 400 articles, books and papers.

Inhaltsangabe

List of figures
Foreword J. S. Nelson
Preface and acknowledgements
Conventions used in the text
Darwin and ichthyology
Darwin's fishes: a dry run
Entries (A to ZZZ)
Appendix I. Fish in spirits of wine Jacqueline McGlade
Appendix II. Fish of the Beagle in the BMNH
Appendix III. Checklist of fish specimens, identified as collected by Charles Darwin on the Beagle voyage, that ought to be present in the collections of the University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge Adrian Friday
Bibliography
Index to the fishes.