The Ecology of Fishes on Coral Reefs

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This book provides a comprehensive and up-to-date review of the ecology of coral reef fishes presented by top researchers from North America and Australia. Immense strides have been made over the past twenty years in our understanding of ecological systems in general and of reef fish ecology in particular. Many of the methodologies that reef fish ecologists use in their studies will be useful to a wider audience of ecologists for the design of their ecological studies. Significant among the impacts of the research on reef fish ecology are the development of nonequilibrium models of community organization, more emphasis on the role of recruitment variability in structuring local assemblages, the development and testing of evolutionary models of social organization and reproductive biology, and new insights into predator-prey and plant-herbivore interactions.

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It's Raining Frogs and Fishes: Four Seasons of Natural Phenomena and Oddities of the Sky

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A spellbinding look into the natural world's most fascinating and baffling phenomena, with illustrated explanations of rainbows, meteors, sunsets, hurricanes, the northern lights, and dozens of other curiosities of the sky.

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It's Raining Frogs and Fishes, a lighthearted look at the world's weather, collects oddments and tidbits on climatological matters. Among the book's many high points are Jerry Dennis's natural history of mirages (there are many more than the usual desert variety) and his examination of the age-old question about whether the aurora borealis roars. At other points he looks into ancient Roman beliefs about lightning, the adaptive strategies of the Galapagos penguin, and the origins of dew.

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Wonderful Reading for the Nature Enthusiast! - Jerry K. Hatfield - Lubbock, Texas
This book is a must read for anyone intrigued by natural phenomena relating to all sorts of things including "why birds don't fall off tree branches when they sleep". This book is much more than weather and sky. It is one that you will pick up and read again and again. I heartily recommend it. Get yours today! Makes a nice Christmas gift too!

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