{"product_id":"9780792359319","title":"When do fishes become juveniles?","description":"\u003ch1\u003eWhen do fishes become juveniles?\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eCopp, G.H.; Kovác, Vladimír; Hensel, K.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eMetamorphosis and the transition from larvae or embryos to  juveniles in fishes are important in order to answer, for example,  questions about: (1) life-history styles and their modifications in  evolutionary perspective and within current environmental demands; (2)  the development and application of fisheries recruitment models, (3)  the use of ontogenetic scales for interspecific comparisons, (4) the  identification of ontogenetic shifts in resource use, and (5) the  discovery of evolutionary interrelationships of species or genera.  This volume is dedicated to recent studies and reviews of existing  knowledge on this insufficiently-addressed area of ichthyology. Most  of the papers in this volume were presented in Bratislava, Slovakia,  at the 1st International Workshop of the Fish Ontogeny Network of  Europe (FONE) in September 1997, a meeting sponsored in part by the  European Commission. This volume emphasizes an integrated approach to  the study of fish ontogeny, which is a process during which one event  is related to another and everything is related to everything else,  encompassing physiology, morphology, behaviour and niche. Within this  comprehensive perspective, the papers in this volume are grouped along  four major themes: reflections on early ontogeny and metamorphosis,  organism-environment relationships, ontogeny of predator-prey  interactions, and behaviour and ontogeny. Among other issues, the  papers consider topics such as whether one can identify when fish  metamorphosis ends, whether the larva period begins with hatching or  with the onset of exogenous feeding, whether fish ontogeny is  `saltatory' or `gradual', and whether larvae are eliminated in some  fishes with direct development. The keynote paper of this volume  reviews the main topics within contemporary paradigms and the final  paper concludes that the onset of the juvenile period can be  identified in some species, but precision remains problematic,  emphasizing the need for further research in this dynamic area of fish  biology.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 1999-09-30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9780792359319\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-94-017-3678-7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 279.0cm x210.0cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 286.0\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Netherlands","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44541636739212,"sku":"9780792359319","price":152.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780792359319.jpg?v=1759288540","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9780792359319","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}