Explains what fish are and how they differ from other animals, discussing freshwater fish, sea fish, deep-sea fish, shallow-water fish, and sharks, among others.
This book is a comprehensive identification guide to the 222 species of fishes in Florida’s fresh waters. Each species is presented with color photographs, key characteristics for identification, comparisons to similar species, habitat descriptions, and dot distribution maps. Florida's unique mix of species includes some of the world's favorite sport fishes, the Tarpon and Largemouth Bass. This guide also features three species native only to Florida—the Seminole Killifish, Flagfish, and Okaloosa Darter—and the smallest freshwater fish in North America, the Least Killifish. Ranging from the panhandle to the Everglades, their habitats include springs, creeks, rivers, lakes, ponds, swamps, marshes, and man-made canals. As Florida's human population grows, the state's freshwater environments are being changed in ways that threaten its native fishes. This book provides important information on the diversity, distribution, and environmental needs of both native and nonindigenous species, helping us monitor and take care of Florida's water and its aquatic inhabitants.
The first edition, published in 1973, has become a classicreference in the field. Now with the second edition, readers willfind information on key new topics such as neural networks andstatistical pattern recognition, the theory of machine learning,and the theory of invariances. Also included are worked examples,comparisons between different methods, extensive graphics, expandedexercises and computer project topics. An Instructor's Manual presenting detailed solutions to all theproblems in the book is available from the Wiley editorialdepartment.
Understanding the world we live in involves understanding the links between living things. This series explains the concept and need for classification. Each book provides key features of each classification group by providing examples of animal and plant classes. All books explain how behavior, life cycle, appearance, and structure link living things within a classification group, such as kingdoms and phyla.
Explains what insects are and how they differ from other animals, with an overview of the life cycle of a variety of insects, including ants, bees, cockroaches, grasshoppers, dragonflies, and butterflies.
Nineteenth-century scientist David Starr Jordan built one of the most important fish specimen collections ever seen, until the 1906 San Francisco earthquake shattered his life's work.
Understanding the world we live in involves understanding the links between living things. This series explains the concept and need for classification. Each book provides key features of each classification group by providing examples of animal and plant classes. All books explain how behavior, life cycle, appearance, and structure link living things within a classification group, such as kingdoms and phyla.
Understanding the world we live in involves understanding the links between living things. This series explains the concept and need for classification. Each book provides key features of each classification group by providing examples of animal and plant classes. All books explain how behavior, life cycle, appearance, and structure link living things within a classification group, such as kingdoms and phyla.