Environmental biology of darters, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1984 Papers from a symposium on the comparative behavior, ecology, and life histories of darters (Etheostomatini), held during the 62nd annual meeting of the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists at DeKalb, Illinois, U.S.A., June 14–15, 1982 Developments in Environmental Biology of Fishes Series, Vol. 4

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Preface.- An electrophoretic analysis of the Etheostoma variatum complex (Percidae: Etheostomatini), with associated zoogeographic considerations.- Ecological and evolutionary consequences of early ontogenies of darters (Etheostomatini).- Selection of sites for egg deposition and spawning dynamics in the waccamaw darter.- Diets of four sympatric species of Etheostoma (Pisces: Percidae) from southern Indiana: interspecific and intraspecific multiple comparisons.- Life history of the gulf darter, Etheostomaswaini (Pisces: Percidae).- Habitat partitioning among five species of darters (Percidae: Etheostoma).- Life history of the naked sand darter, Ammocrypta beani, in southeastern Mississippi.- Life history of Etheostoma caeruleum (Pisces: Percidae) in Bayou Sara, Louisiana and Mississippi.- Life history of the bronze darter, Percina Palmaris, in the Tallapoosa River, Alabama.- Temperature selection and critical thermal maxima of the fantail darter, Etheostoma flabellare, and johnny darter, E. nigrum, related to habitat and season.- Morphological correlates of ecological specialization in darters.- A portable camera box for photographing small fishes.- Species and subject index.