Fishes: Aid to Collection Preservation and Identification
by M K Jyoti, Arti Sharma
ISBN: 9789383129706
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Imprint : DAYA
Year : 2021
Price : Rs. 6995.00
Biblio : xi+179p., figs., tabls., ind., 25 cm
About The Book
Aquatic ecosystems provide far diverse habitat and the inhabiting biota but our interest in them is too recent and hence knowledge about them is extremely small. The aquatic systems harbour organisms varying from small microbes to largest mammals on globe, the blue whale. With this kind of biodiversity living in aquatics, very little attention was paid till recently when man realized that land is becoming a linking factor and produce from agriculture may not suffice to meet the needs of society.
Table of Contents
Contents Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Diversity in Fishes; Chapter 3: Collection Methods; Chapter 4: Sorting, Preservation and Measurement; Chapter 5: Terminology Used in Fish Identification; Chapter 6: Measurements (Morphometric, Meristic and Biometric) and Counts; Chapter 7: Morphological Variations; Chapter 8: Fins and their Modifications; Chapter 9: Collection and Identification of Egg, Larvae and Juveniles of Some Common Fishes of India; Chapter 10: Freshwater Food Fishes of India an
