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Résumé :
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This book is about the behaviour of teleosts a well-defined, highly successful taxonomic group of vertebrate animals sharing a common body plan and forming the vast majority of living bony fishes. There are over 22 000 living spectes of teleosts, including nearly all the fish of importance in commercial fisheries and aquaculture. Teleosts are represented in just about every concelvable aquatic environment from temporary desert pools to the deep ocean, from soda lakes to sub-zero Antartic Waters. Behaviour forms the primary interface between these effective survival machines ans their environment; behavioural plasticity is the key to the sucess of the teleost fishes. The book aims to bring together accounts of the major functional topics in fish behaviour, reviewed in the light of current theory. Reviews at this level are intended to be of use to a broad spectrum of students and research workers interested in fish biology and fisheries. Each chapter commences by setting out fundamental principles often taken for granted in research monographs, moves on to outline the current evidence for the conceptual basis of the field, maps the contemporary research frontiers and finishes with suggestions about where the next advances may be expected. Each chapter closes with a summary of its contents. The book is divided into four sections, encompassing the bases of behaviour, sensory modalities, behavioural ecology and applied topics. Each section has a brief introductory editorial.
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