many of us in the ichthyology/fish ecology world have been waiting for this book for over 5 years and it is FINALLY here. Lance Grande is a renowned ichthyologist/paleontologist at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago, and has produced this new treatise on gars. here's a brief description:
The American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Special Publications Committee Introduces:
An Empirical Synthetic Pattern Study of Gars (Lepisosteiformes) and Closely Related Species, Based Mostly on Skeletal Anatomy.
The Resurrection of Holostei (ASIH Special Publication #6)
By Lance Grande
Special Publication 6: i-ix, 1-871, 2 foldouts, more than 1,800 figures, arranged in a series of plates, 184 data tables for 17 of the 21 species of gars; supplementary issue to Copeia 2010.
This volume on ginglymodin fishes (gars and closely related species) is a companion volume for the earlier book on amiiform fishes by Grande and Bemis (1998, Memoir 4, The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology). Together, these two volumes form a set on a newly revised Holostei. This phylogenetic study of lepisosteiform skeletal anatomy, like the amiiform volume, integrates comparative anatomy, developmental biology, paleontology, historical geology, paleoecology, and biogeography into a single synthetic approach on gars, living and fossil. The present study discusses several methodological and theoretical issues relating to gars and their relatives.
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the book has just been released at libraries and is currently available to members of ASIH.org (see website).
just figured i would share the news, i am sure richard and i will be making comments about this new reference in the near future (speaking of posting, i'm trying to wrap up my dissertation by next semester so i won't be around as much, but i'll still be checking on the site from time to time).--
--solomon
The American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists Special Publications Committee Introduces:
An Empirical Synthetic Pattern Study of Gars (Lepisosteiformes) and Closely Related Species, Based Mostly on Skeletal Anatomy.
The Resurrection of Holostei (ASIH Special Publication #6)
By Lance Grande
Special Publication 6: i-ix, 1-871, 2 foldouts, more than 1,800 figures, arranged in a series of plates, 184 data tables for 17 of the 21 species of gars; supplementary issue to Copeia 2010.
This volume on ginglymodin fishes (gars and closely related species) is a companion volume for the earlier book on amiiform fishes by Grande and Bemis (1998, Memoir 4, The Society of Vertebrate Paleontology). Together, these two volumes form a set on a newly revised Holostei. This phylogenetic study of lepisosteiform skeletal anatomy, like the amiiform volume, integrates comparative anatomy, developmental biology, paleontology, historical geology, paleoecology, and biogeography into a single synthetic approach on gars, living and fossil. The present study discusses several methodological and theoretical issues relating to gars and their relatives.
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the book has just been released at libraries and is currently available to members of ASIH.org (see website).
just figured i would share the news, i am sure richard and i will be making comments about this new reference in the near future (speaking of posting, i'm trying to wrap up my dissertation by next semester so i won't be around as much, but i'll still be checking on the site from time to time).--
--solomon
