Coastal Fishes of Southern Africa

Coastal Fishes of Southern Africa

Author: Phillip C. Heemstra

Publisher: NISC (PTY) LTD

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 520

ISBN-13: 9781920033019

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A guide to over 400 species of the fishes along the coast of southern Africa, this work features over 600 original paintings showing changes with growth and sexual differences in colour of many of the fishes. The species accounts include descriptions and other information for identification and comparison of similar species.


A Complete Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Southern Africa

A Complete Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Southern Africa

Author: Paul Harvey Skelton

Publisher: Menasha Ridge Press

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781868123506

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A guide to the freshwater fish of the Southern African subregion. Species descriptions include: a colour painting; symbols indicating uses and conservation status as well as a description of the fish, its habits and habitat. Keys to families, genera and species aid identification.


The Reef Guide

The Reef Guide

Author: Dennis King

Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781775840183

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The definitive guide to reef life off the eastern coast of southern Africa, it covers all the fishes, corals, nudibranchs and invertebrates you are likely to see.


Estuaries of South Africa

Estuaries of South Africa

Author: Brian Allanson

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1999-04-22

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 0521584108

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A broad-ranging review of the current status of South Africa's estuarine research and management.


Fishes of the Okavango Delta & Chobe River

Fishes of the Okavango Delta & Chobe River

Author: Mike Bruton

Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa

Published: 2018-05-01

Total Pages: 301

ISBN-13: 1775845060

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A comprehensive guide to the fishes of the Okavango Delta and Chobe River, this book offers background information on the diverse aquatic habitats of the region and on fish feeding, breeding and survival strategies. It also provides useful hints for anglers. The species entries describe each fish in detail, with key ID points and information on habits and occurrence. Each account is accompanied by a colour illustration or photograph. The book concludes with information on how best to utilise and conserve the fishes of the delta system and Chobe River. This is the only such guide to fishes of the region and will be invaluable to local and visiting fishermen, naturalists and conservationists, as well as the many tourists who visit this spectacular African paradise.


Coastal Fishes of Oman

Coastal Fishes of Oman

Author: John E. Randall

Publisher: University of Hawaii Press

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 439

ISBN-13: 9780824818081

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The Sultanate of Oman, at the southeastern corner of the Arabian Peninsula, borders on three different bodies of Ocean: the Arabian Sea, the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Gulf. This beautifully illustrated book is the first to bring the diverse inshore fish fauna of Oman under one cover. Recent fieldwork by the author and colleagues has increased the number of known shore fishes (defined as those occurring in less than 200 metres) to 930, all of which are treated in this volume. A surprising 52 new species of inshore fishes of Oman (four of which required new generic names) were collected during the recent fieldwork; these had to be described in scientific papers to make the names available for this book. All of the species are illustrated, mostly in colour. The family and species accounts are written to be understood by the layman (a glossary and diagrams are provided to explain scientific terms), but with enough detail and references to serve the needs of professional biologists. Coastal Fishes of Oman will promote appreciation of the unique fish fauna of Oman, provide a much-needed inventory of this invaluable resource, and form the basis for future fisheries management.


Freshwater Fishes of South Carolina

Freshwater Fishes of South Carolina

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Publisher: Univ of South Carolina Press

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 464

ISBN-13: 9781570036804

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From mudminnows and sunfishes to lampreys and sturgeons, the guide describes more than one hundred fifty species of freshwater and coastal estuarine fishes that spend all or major portions of their lives in the fresh waters of South Carolina. For each species the authors provide diagnostic characteristics including size, markings, similar species, and sexual dimorphism as well as information on biology, habitat, and distribution. Color photographs and detailed distribution maps accompany each description. --from publisher description.


Deep–sea Cartilaginous Fishes of the Indian Ocean. Volume 2 - Batoids and Chimaeras

Deep–sea Cartilaginous Fishes of the Indian Ocean. Volume 2 - Batoids and Chimaeras

Author: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.

Published: 2018-11-15

Total Pages: 138

ISBN-13: 9251084521

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This volume is a comprehensive, fully illustrated catalogue of the sharks, batoid fishes, and chimaeras of the Indian Ocean. It includes 10 orders, 23 families, 45 genera, and 78 species of cartilaginous fishes, providing accounts for all orders, families and genera, and all keys to taxa are fully illustrated.


Climate Change Impacts on Fisheries and Aquaculture

Climate Change Impacts on Fisheries and Aquaculture

Author: Bruce F. Phillips

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2017-09-20

Total Pages: 1048

ISBN-13: 1119154065

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The first comprehensive review of the current and future effects of climate change on the world’s fisheries and aquaculture operations The first book of its kind, Climate Change Impacts on Fisheries and Aquaculture explores the impacts of climate change on global fisheries resources and on marine aquaculture. It also offers expert suggestions on possible adaptations to reduce those impacts. The world's climate is changing more rapidly than scientists had envisioned just a few years ago, and the potential impact of climate change on world food production is quite alarming. Nowhere is the sense of alarm more keenly felt than among those who study the warming of the world's oceans. Evidence of the dire effects of climate change on fisheries and fish farming has now mounted to such an extent that the need for a book such as this has become urgent. A landmark publication devoted exclusively to how climate change is affecting and is likely to affect commercially vital fisheries and aquaculture operations globally, Climate Change Impacts on Fisheries and Aquaculture provides scientists and fishery managers with a summary of and reference point for information on the subject which has been gathered thus far. Covers an array of critical topics and assesses reviews of climate change impacts on fisheries and aquaculture from many countries, including Japan, Mexico, South Africa, Australia, Chile, US, UK, New Zealand, Pacific Islands, India and others Features chapters on the effects of climate change on pelagic species, cod, lobsters, plankton, macroalgae, seagrasses and coral reefs Reviews the spread of diseases, economic and social impacts, marine aquaculture and adaptation in aquaculture under climate change Includes special reports on the Antarctic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea, the Arctic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea Extensive references throughout the book make this volume both a comprehensive text for general study and a reference/guide to further research for fisheries scientists, fisheries managers, aquaculture personnel, climate change specialists, aquatic invertebrate and vertebrate biologists, physiologists, marine biologists, economists, environmentalist biologists and planners.