The Fishes and the Forest: Explorations in Amazonian Natural History 0520041313, 9780520041318


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Table of contents :
CONTENTS
FOREWORD
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION
1. RIVERS, FLOODPLAINS, AND FLOODED FORESTS OF THE AMAZON
2. FISH DIVERSITY IN THE AMAZON
3. THE NATURE OF FISH MIGRATIONS IN THE RIO MADEIRA BASIN
4. THE FRUIT- AND SEED-EATING LARGE CHARACINS
5. THE SEED-, FRUIT-, AND LEAF-EATING PACU CHARACINS
6. FRUITS, SEEDS, INSECTS, AND T H E PECTORAL FIN: AN ACCOUNT OF TRIPORTHEUS
7. PIRANHAS
8. CHARACINS OF THE FAMILY ANOSTOMIDAE
9. MIDWATER AND SURFACE "SCALED" PREDATORS THAT SWALLOW THEIR PREY WHOLE
10. CATFISHES
11. THE BONY-TONGUES OR OSTEOGLOSSIDS
12. INTERACTIONS OF FISHES WITH FRUITS AND SEEDS
13. AMAZON FISHES AND THEIR FOODS
14. CONCLUSIONS
GLOSSARY
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX

The Fishes and the Forest: Explorations in Amazonian Natural History
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