Fish Locomotion
An Eco-ethological Perspective
Editors
Paolo Domenici: CNR-IAMC, Torregrande (OR), Italy
B.G. Kapoor: Formerly Professor of Zoology, Jodhpur University, India
ISBN 978-1-57808-448-7/ 2009 / 549 pages including 14 col. plates, hc/ US $ 139.95

About the Book
Fish accomplish most of their basic behaviors by swimming. Swimming is fundamental in a vast majority of fish species for feeding, avoiding predation, finding food, mating, migrating and finding optimal physical environments.

This book aims at filling a gap in the literature, by adding behavioral and ecological viewpoints to the more traditional biomechanics, ecomorphology and physiological perspectives used in studies of fish swimming. The book is therefore largely integrative by its own nature, and it includes considerations related to fisheries, conservation and evolution. It is aimed at students and researchers interested in fish swimming from any organismal background, be it biomechanics, ecomorphology, physiology, behavior or ecology.

Contents:

 • Waves and Eddies: Effects on Fish Behavior and Habitat Distribution: Paul W. Webb, Aline Cotel and Lorelle A. Meadows
 • Biomechanics of Rheotactic Behaviour in Fishes: R.W. Blake and K.H.S. Chan
 • Fish Guidance and Passage at Barriers: Theodore Castro-Santos and Alex Haro
 • Swimming Strategies for Energy Economy: Frank E. Fish
 • Escape Responses in Fish: Kinematics, Performance and Behavior: Paolo Domenici
 • Roles of Locomotionin Feeding: Aaron N. Rice and Melina E. Hale
 • Ecology and Evolution of Swimming Performance in Fishes: Predicting Evolution with Biomechanics: R. Brian Langerhans and David N. Reznick
 • Sexual Selection, Male Quality and Swimming Performance: Astrid Kodric-Brown
 • Environmental Influences on Unsteady Swimming Behaviour: Consequences for Predator-prey and Mating Encounters in Teleosts: R.S. Wilson, C. Lefrançois, P. Domenici and I.A. Johnston
• The Effects of Environmental Factors on the Physiology of Aerobic Exercise: D.J. McKenzie and G. Claireaux
• Swimming Speeds in Larval Fishes: From Escaping Predators to the Potential for Long Distance Migration: Rebecca Fisher and Jeffrey M Leis
• The Role of Swimming in Reef Fish Ecology: Christopher J. Fulton
• Swimming Behaviour and Energetics of Free-ranging Sharks: New Directions in Movement Analysis: David W. Sims
• The Ecophysiology of Swimming and Movement Patterns of Tunas, Billfishes, and Large Pelagic Sharks: Diego Bernal, Chugey Sepulveda, Michael Musyl and Richard Brill
• Swimming Capacity of Marine Fishes and its Role in Capture by Fishing Gears: Pingguo He



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