A very good piece of work, I assure you, and a merry. -Now, good Peter
Quince, call forth your actors by the scroll. -Masters, spread
yourselves. A Midsummer Night's Dream. Act 1, Sc. 2 This volume is the
outcome of a NATO Advanced Study Institute held in August 1979 at
Bishop's University, Lennoxville, Quebec, Canada. About 130 participants
from all the countries of the aJiiance as well as India and Japan
attended this event which lasted two weeks. Seventeen of these
participants had been invited to present reviews of chosen topics,
usually in their specialty. This book is constituted mainly of these
presentations, which were prepared as chapters. In addition, six of the
participants, whose seminars were found to complement the main chapters,
were coopted by the invited lectures/authors to provide additional
chapters. Although a lecture was given on electric fields, a chapter on
this matter is unfortunately absent due to the lack of preparation time.
One may say that Environmental Physiology of Fishes as a discipline
originated in Canada. Having been involved as a teacher and worker in
this field since 19 54, it was but natural that I was tempted to
organise an ASI and get a volume out on the matter. I was encouraged by
discussions with colleagues and the acceptance on the part of a large
number of eminent colleagues to attend the ASI, deliver lectures and
write chapters.