Bibliography

Master's Thesis
Conferences
Publications [Refereed] [Non-Refereed]
Books
Aquarium Fish Magazine Columns[1997] [1998]

M.Sc. Thesis
A study of food niche overlap in four sympatric species of stickleback
(Gasterosteidae) from brackishwater habitats in the Quoddy region of New Brunswick.
(defended January, 1986)

Conference Presentations

Huntsman Marine Laboratory Marine Biology Symposium, St. Andrews, New Brunswick, June 1984.
Durham Region Aquarium Society, Oshawa, Ontario, September 1989.
Florida Marine Aquarium Society 35th Annual Symposium, Miami, FL, September 1991.
Cerianthus Aquarium Society, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, October 1991.
Bucks County Aquarium Society, Philadelphia, PA, December 1991.
Hamilton Aquarium Society, Hamilton, Ontario, January 1992.
Marine Aquarium Society of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, January 1992.
North Carolina Aquarium Workshop, Raleigh, NC, February, 1992.
C-Sea, Cleveland, OH, March 1992.
Marine Aquarium Conference of North America 4, Miami, FL, September 1992.
Marine Aquarium Society of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, October 1992.
Kansas City Marine Aquarium Society, Kansas City, MO, October 1992.
Windows-to-the-Sea Marine Aquarium Society, NJ, November 1992.
St. Catherines Aquarium Society, St. Catherines, Ontario, February 1993.
North Carolina Aquarium Workshop, Raleigh, NC, March 1993.
Brooklyn Aquarium Society, Brooklyn, NY, April 1993.
Southwest Regional Marine Aquarium Symposium, Tucson, AZ, May 1993.
Bucks County Aquarium Society, Philadelphia, PA, August 1993.
Marine Aquarium Conference of North America 5, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, September 1993.
Metropolitan Toronto Zoo, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, September, 1993.
Shedd Aquarium, Aquarium Workshop Series, Chicago, IL, November, 1993.
Chicagoland Marine Aquarium Society, Chicago, IL, November, 1993.
Animal Talk aquarium shop, Omaha, NE, January, 1994.
Southwest Regional Marine Aquarium Symposium, Phoenix, AZ, June, 1994.
Marine Aquarium Conference of North America 6, Cleveland, OH, October, 1994.
Chesapeake Bay Marine Aquarium Society, Baltimore, MD, January, 1995.
Marine Aquarium Society of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, February, 1995.
That Fish Place, Lancaster, PA, April, 1995.
Brooklyn Aquarium Society, Brooklyn, NY, April, 1995.
Southwest Marine Conference, Costa Mesa, CA, June 1995.
Los Angeles Marine Aquarium Society, Los Angeles, CA, March, 1996.
San Francisco Aquarium Society, San Francisco, CA, July, 1996.
American Zoo and Aquarium Association Annual National Conference, Honolulu, HI, September, 1996.
AZA Regional Aquatics Workshop, Omaha, NE, June, 1997.
Western Marine Conference, Las Vegas, NV, July, 1997.
Marine Aquarium Conference of North America 9, Chicago, IL, September, 1997.
Japanese Reef Aquarist gathering, Tokyo, Japan, January, 1998.
San Diego Marine Aquarium Society, Sand Diego, CA, March, 1998.

Publications

Refereed
Reprints of these refereed papers are available, send your requests to Dr. D.D. Williams, Division of Life Sciences, Scarborough Campus, University of Toronto, West Hill, Ontario, Canada or visit his HomePage.

Delbeek, J.C. and D.D. Williams (1987a). Morphological differences among females of four species of stickleback (Gasterosteidae) from New Brunswick and their possible ecological significance. Can. J. Zool. 65: 289-295.

Delbeek, J.C. and D.D. Williams (1987b). Food resource partitioning between sympatric populations of brackishwater sticklebacks. J. Anim. Ecol. 56: 949-967.

Delbeek, J.C. and D.D. Williams (1988). Feeding selectivity of four species of sympatric stickleback from the east coast of Canada. J. Fish Biol. 32: 41-62.

Williams, D.D. and J.C. Delbeek (1989). Biology of the threespine stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus L.) and the blackspotted stickleback (G. wheatlandi Putnam) during their marine pelagic phase in the Bay of Fundy, Canada. Environ. Biol. Fish. 24(1): 33-41.

Non-Refereed

Delbeek, J.C. 1986. Fish form and ecology. Atoll 1(1):17-21.

------------- 1986b. The Effect of Light on the Behaviour and Well Being of Marine Fish: Who Shut Off the Lights? Atoll 1(2).

------------- 1987a. Fish Biology: Osmoregulation . Atoll 1(3):9-12.

------------- 1987b. Construction and implementation of an external protein skimmer. Atoll 1(4):6-11.

------------- 1987c. Fish Biology: Respiration in marine fish. Atoll 1(4):18-20.

------------- 1987d. Fish biology: Fish nutrition. Atoll 2(1):13-16.

------------- 1987e. Cleaner shrimp (Genus Lysmata). Atoll 2(1):28-29.

------------- 1987f. The care and feeding of mushroom anemones (Corallimorpharia). Freshwater and Marine Aquarium Magazine 10(10): 4-6.

------------- 1987g. The role of symbiotic algae in marine invertebrates. Freshwater and Marine Aquarium Magazine 10(11): 41-44.

------------- 1988a. Fishes suitable for the invertebrate aquarium: Part I: Genus Nemateleotris: The firefish. Atoll 2(2):4-6.

------------- 1988b. Fishes suitable for the invertebrate aquarium: Part II: The dwarf basslets (Pseudochromidae). Atoll 2(3):6-7.

------------- 1988c. Fishes suitable for the invertebrate aquarium: Part III: The Caribbean basslets. Atoll 2(4):10-11.

------------- 1989a. Tridacna Clams for the Home Aquarium. Seascope 6 (Winter):1-2.

------------- 1989b. Soft corals spawn in the aquarium. Freshwater and Marine Aquarium Magazine 12(3):128-129.

------------- 1989c. Common Shrimps (Suborder: Natantia) for the Marine Aquarium: Aquarium Management, Reproduction and Behaviour. Freshwater and Marine Aquarium Magazine 12(4):8-14.

------------- 1989d. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora. Atoll 3(1):6-7.

------------- 1989e. The Mandarin Fish: Synchiropus splendidus (Herre). Seascope 6 Fall 1989:1-3.

------------- 1989f. A simplified water top-off system for aquariums. Freshwater and Marine Aquarium 12(10):64.

------------- 1989g. De zeeaquarium-hobby in Noord-Amerika: Een nieuw tijdperk. Het Zee-Aquarium 39(11):203-205.

------------- 1989h. Reef Aquariums Part 1: An Introduction.Aquarium Fish Magazine 2(2):24-33.

------------- 1990a. Reef Aquariums Part 2: Filtration. Aquarium Fish Magazine 2(3):28-37.

------------- 1990b. Reef Aquariums Part 3: Chemical Filtration. Aquarium Fish Magazine 2(4):16-28.

------------- 1990c. Reef Aquariums Part 4: Lighting. Aquarium Fish Magazine 2(5):26-37.

------------- 1990d. Reef Aquariums Part 5: Nutrition. Aquarium Fish Magazine 2(6):26-35.

------------- 1990e. Reef Aquariums Part 6: Coral Aggression. Aquarium Fish Magazine 2(7):26-32.

------------- 1990f. Reef Aquariums Part 7: Examples of the best. Aquarium Fish Magazine 2(8):20-31.

------------- 1990g. Reef Aquariums Part 8: More Representative Reef Systems. Aquarium Fish Magazine 2(9):20-31.

------------- 1990h. Live rock algal succession in a reef system. Freshwater and Marine Aquarium 13(10):120-135,179.

------------- 1990i. Keeping Corals: Fact or Fiction? Atoll 3(5):13- 18.

------------- 1991. Fishes for the Marine Invertebrate Aquarium. Aquarium Fish Magazine 3(11):18-31.

------------- 1992. Dutch minireefs: An update. Aquarium Fish Magazine 5(1):52-59.

------------- 1993a Your first reef aquarium: Stocking for succcess. Aquarium Fish Magazine 5(9):18-31.

------------- 1993b. Your first reef aquarium: How to create a miniature coral reef system at home. Aquarium USA 1994: 18-32, 114- 122.

------------- 1994. Corals in the reef tank. What they are and how they live. Aquarium USA 1995: 68-85.

------------- and S.W. Michael. 1993. Substrate-sifting gobies: Fishes that earn their keep. Aquarium Fish Magazine 5 (11):18-30.

Dyer, S. and J.C. Delbeek 1991. To skim or not to skim? That is the question. Aquarium Fish Magazine 3(4): 32-43.

Smit, G. and J.C. Delbeek 1986. The MiniReef: A Revolutionary Aquarium System. Atoll 1(1):7-11.

Sprung, J. and J.C. Delbeek 1990. New trends in reef keeping: Is it time for another change? Freshwater and Marine Aquarium 13(12):8-22, 180-184.

Books

Delbeek, J.C. and J. Sprung. 1994. The Reef Aquarium: A Comprehensive Guide to the Identification and Care of Tropical Marine Invertebrates. Vol. 1: Stony Corals and Tridacna Clams. 560 pp. Ricordea Publ., Coconut Grove, FL, USA. 33133.

Delbeek, J.C. and J. Sprung 1997. The Reef Aquarium: A Comprehensive Guide to the Identification and Care of Tropical Marine Invertebrates. Vol. 2: Soft Corals, Corallimorpharians, Gorgonians, Sea Anemones and Zoanthids. Ricordea Publ., Coconut Grove, FL, USA. 33133.

Aquarium Fish Magazine Columns
Please note that these columns are unedited and may contain more or less text than their published versions.
Column Index for 1997

January - column introduction and discussion of the role of commensal crabs in stony corals.

February - care of Elegans Coral (Catalaphyllia jardinei), setting up a new reef tank.

March - how to setup a successful reef tank, controlling undesirable algae.

April - proper lighting for a 35 gallon reef tank, trouble-shooting poor coral growth.

May - a list of information required to answer reef aquarium questions, Internet sites of use, dealing with flatworms and dinoflagellates.

June - trickle filters vs. no trickle filters, proper care of mushroom corals (Heliofungia actiniformis).

July - ethics of importing and exporting live corals, anemone colour loss.

August - how to keep anemones, removing mantis shrimp.

September- spawning corals in a reef tank, removing bristleworms, raising rotifers.

October - dying coralline algae, dealing with hair algae, dealing with excessive nutrients in a reef tank, dealing with undesirable algae.

November - reef tanks and the environment.

December - growing coralline algae, ultraviolet lights and reef tanks, anemones as predators of fish and shrimp.
Column Index for 1998

January - unexplainable algae blooms, lighting problems, dealing with coral recession.

February - changing a 45 gallon tank into a minireef, lighting and filtration for a 20 gallon reef tank, feeding fish in a reef tank; can they fend for themselves?

March - setting up a 10 gallon microreef, mandarinfish and seahorse feeding and care, fluidized bed filters.

April - dealing with high phosphates, comments on algae scrubbers and controlling nutrients.

May - dealing with flatworms, acrylic v.s. glass v.s. no covering for lights, setting up a 55 gallon reef tank and lighting it properly.

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