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DEDICATION
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
ZOOGEOGRAPHY
ECOLOGY
BIOLOGY AND BEHAVIOR
VALUE OF FISH RESOURCES
CONSERVATION AND MANAGEMENT
DANGEROUS MARINE FISHES
HOW TO USE THIS BOOK
BIBLIOGRAPHY
SPECIES INDEX
CHAMORRO NAMES
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
This handbook was funded by the U.S. Department
of Commerce, Office of Coastal Zone Management and the Guam Coastal
Management Program, Bureau of Planning, Government of Guam. We
thank the staff of the Guam Coastal Management Program for its
support. Dr. Charles Birkeland of the University of Guam
Marine Laboratory encouraged us consistently throughout the preparation
of the handbook. Dr. John E. Randall of the Bernice P. Bishop
Museum provided much recent literature on fish systematics which
was of great help. Thanks to Johnny Chaco for his assistance
with the Chamorro fish names. We also thank Judith Amesbury
and Kathleen Ryder for proofreading the manuscript and Lucy Lacsamana
for her tireless processing of the words that went into it. The
Web version of this book was coded by Barry D. Smith.
Any use of information contained in this publication
should be acknowledged as follows:
Amesbury, S.S., and R.F. Myers. 2001. Guide
to the Coastal Resources of Guam, Vol 1. The Fishes. www.uog.edu/marinelab/fish/thefishes.html.
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