Margaret Smith Library, SAIAB: New Books: October 2024

Efficient aquaculture production depends upon maintaining acceptable water quality conditions in culture units. This handbook discusses background information from chemistry, physics, biology, and engineering necessary for understanding the principles of water quality management in aquaculture. It also provides practical information about the approaches and treatments that can be used to enhance water quality in aquaculture systems. It is an excellent resource for aquaculture scientists, students, and producers.

Estimating age structure of fish populations and growth of individuals is fundamental to evaluating fish population demographics and dynamics. This text provides a comprehensive overview of concepts and techniques associated with estimating age and growth of fishes. Although the material presented in the book is applicable to systems around the world, the primary focus is on post-larval fish in North American freshwater systems.

"Hustle culture. Burnout. Quiet quitting. Today we're either sacrificing ourselves on the altar of success or we're rejecting the idea of ambition entirely. But it doesn't have to be all or nothing. There is a way to create meaningful work as part of a balanced life, and it's called 'slow productivity'. Coined by Cal Newport, the bestselling author of Deep Work and Digital Minimalism, slow productivity is a revolutionary philosophy based on simple principles. From managing your energy according to the season, to identifying which projects to pursue and which to set aside, to building a schedule that yields maximum output with minimum stress, this timely and essential book will revolutionise how you work, helping you to accomplish great things at a more humane pace"

Stretching from the Andaman Sea to the Solomon Islands, the East Indies encompasses a vast array of marine habitats and unsurpassed marine biological diversity. It is home to approximately 2,600 species occurring on coral reefs and nearby habitats. Reef Fishes of the East Indies presents the first truly comprehensive treatment of the region’s reef fish fauna in nearly a century. This monumental three-volume set is richly illustrated with more than 3,600 color photographs.

This volume sheds light on the world of organizational politics, political leadership, and the pivotal roles played by employees and political leaders in managing diverse groups. It picks up where influential scholars like Edgar Schein, Harry Triandis, Bernard Bass, Robert House, Shalom Schwartz, and Geert Hofstede left off, providing a timely and transparent exploration of these crucial topics. In a rapidly evolving landscape, characterized by renewed interest in political skill, people management, leadership and management, diversity training, organizational culture, workplace incivility, ambivalence alliance, and career development, the book emerges as an invaluable resource, assembling a group of renowned contributors in the field, who have conducted extensive social research.

This book provides, from a psychological perspective, a concise critical introduction to, and assessment of, three different approaches to managing diversity: multiculturalism, assimilation, and omniculturalism. This task is undertaken in global context and with reference to cutting edge empirical psychological research. Historically, assimilation has been the dominant approach to managing diversity. However, since the late 1960s multiculturalism has gained favor and is now the most commonly adopted approach in most Western as well as in some non-Western societies. Both assimilation and multiculturalism rest on some central psychological assumptions that are not supported by empirical research.

Freshwater life – the first illustrated field guide of its kind for the wider southern African region – describes a vast range of plant and animal groups in a single volume. A ground-breaking concept that encompasses diverse groups from the large and conspicuous vertebrates to the diverse microscopic taxa, the book facilitates identification and describes the ecology of more than 1,000 freshwater organisms.

The Kuroshio Current, originating in the tropical western North Pacific Ocean east of the Philippines, flows northward towards the main islands of Japan via the Ryukyu Islands. Senou et al. (2006) studied the fish faunas of the Ryukyus and other islands in southern Japan by using observation records of fishes stored in a fish image database, FishPix (http://fishpix.kahaku.go.jp/fishimage-e/index.html). Their analysis clearly showed two major roles for the Kuroshio Current, firstly as a conveyor for fishes being transported from the tropics to southern Japan and secondly as a strong barrier that makes it difficult for warm-temperate fishes living along the coasts of Honshu, Shikoku, Kyushu and associated small islands to move southward to the Ryukyu Islands.

Transform how you think about problems, prepare to outsmart misinformation, and avoid common pitfalls. Unlock the secrets to smarter decisions and uncover hidden data traps by developing an analytical mindset that cuts through the noise. In an age where data and statistical claims surround us, the ability to critique them is essential. Thinking Analytically guides you through the complexities of real-world information. Offering more than just interpretation, it focuses on broader issues of how to think about and solve problems effectively. Thinking Analytically is for anyone who wants to be an informed consumer of information. Decision-makers, data analysts, scientists, and interested readers will find its insights valuable.