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The inland water fishes of Africa

Diversity, ecology and human use

The equilibrium of inland hydrosystems is presently a cause for concern, with species extinction rates there estimated to be 5 times higher than for terrestrial fauna in the 21st century. Urgent measures must be taken to conserve these ecosystems particularly with regard to fishes, which represent an especially rich and diverse evolutionary heritage.

Fishes were long unaffected by human activity on the African continent, but anthropogenic pressure has increased in recent decades. Good ...


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  • Editor : IRD Éditions, Éditions Mrac
  • Colección : Hors collection
  • Lugar de edición : Marseille
  • Año de edición : 2017
  • Publicación en OpenEdition Books : 27 novembre 2018
  • EAN (publicación papel) : 978-94-92669-10-0
  • EAN electrónico : 978-2-7099-2401-6
  • DOI : 10.4000/books.irdeditions.25130
  • Número de páginas : 680 p.
Didier Paugy, Christian Levêque y Olga Otero
Foreword
Olga Otero, Alison Murray, Lionel Cavin et al.
African fossil fish
Christian Levêque y Didier Paugy
General characteristics of ichthyological fauna
Christian Levêque y Didier Paugy
Biogeography and past history of ichthyological faunas
Christian Levêque, Didier Paugy y Jean-françois Agnèse
Diversity of African fish: heritage of evolution
Didier Paugy y Christian Levêque
Taxonomy and systematics
Didier Paugy, Christian Levêque y Fabrice Duponchelle
Life-history strategies
Didier Paugy, Christian Levêque y Fabrice Duponchelle
Reproduction
Christian Levêque
Growth and ontogeny
Didier Paugy y Christian Levêque
Diets and food webs
Yves Fermon y Rémy Bigorne
Ethology
Christian Levêque
Diversity of fish habitats
Jos Snoeks, Christian Levêque, Yves Fermon et al.
Fish communities in East African rift lakes
Didier Paugy y Christian Levêque
Species introductions
Didier Paugy y Christian Levêque
Impacts of human activities
Raymond Laë y Christian Levêque
Fisheries
Jean-françois Agnèse, Randall Brummett, Marc Legendre et al.
Fish culture

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