Fishes in Lagoons and Estuaries in the Mediterranean 1 : Diversity, Bioecology and Exploitation.

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 -- 1.4.5. According to their nutrient content -- 1.4.6. 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 -- 2.5. Lagoons and invasions: the presence of exotic species -- 2.6. 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.

3.2.6. Other aspects of reproduction in migrators -- 3.3. 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 -- 4.1.3. Fisheries production and yield -- 4.1.4. 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 -- References -- Index of Scientific Names and Common Words -- Index by Country: Lagoons, Lakes, Ponds, Delta and Estuaries -- Other titles from iSTE in Ecological Science -- EULA.

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