Celebrating Cichlids from Lakes Malawi and Tanganyika
Celebrating Cichlids from Lakes Malawi and Tanganyika

Author: Ad Konings

Publisher:

Published: 2005-09-01

Total Pages: 176

ISBN-13: 9781932892024

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400 of the author's best photographs taken underwater in Africa's rift lakes. The most interesting cichlid species are displayed with a short text explaining their particular behavior. This is a large format coffee-table book linen bound with dust jacket.

Tanganyika Cichlids
Tanganyika Cichlids

Author: Ad Konings

Publisher:

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13:

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Om de mere end 200 arter af cichlider der lever i Tanganyikasøen, og om deres livsbetingelser.

The Cichlid Fishes
The Cichlid Fishes

Author: George Barlow

Publisher: Basic Books

Published: 2008-12-15

Total Pages: 362

ISBN-13: 0786743891

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Cichlid fishes are amazing creatures. In terms of sheer number of species, they are the most successful of all families of vertebrate animals, and the extent and speed with which they have evolved in some African lakes has made them the darlings of evolutionary biologists. But what truly captivates biologists like George Barlow -- not to mention thousands of aquarists the world over -- is the complexity of their social lives and their devotion to family (most species of cichlids are monogamous and many pairs share the responsibility of raising offspring). In this wonderful book, Barlow describes the unusually high intelligence of these fishes, their complex mating and parenting rituals, their bizarre feeding and fighting habits, and the unusual adaptations and explosive rate of speciation that have enabled them to proliferate and flourish. A celebration of their diversity, The Cichlid Fishes is also a marvelous exploration of how these unique animals might help resolve the age-old puzzle of how species arise and evolve.

Darwin's Dreampond
Darwin's Dreampond

Author: Tijs Goldschmidt

Publisher: MIT Press

Published: 1998

Total Pages: 292

ISBN-13: 9780262571210

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Darwin's Dreampondtells the evolutionary story of the extraordinary "furu" and the battlefield leading to extinction. Tijs Goldschmidt skillfully blends a masterful discussion of the principles of neo-Darwinian evolution and speciation with a history of Lake Victoria's ecosystem. The science unfolds in the context of the engaging first-person narrative of Goldschmidt's adventures and misadventures as a field researcher. An astute observer and a clear and witty writer, he warmly portrays the colors and textures of the landscapes and the lives of the local people as he interacts with them during the course of his fieldwork.