Dazzling in their variety of sizes, shapes, and colors, the cichlids (smallperch-like fishes) of Lake Victoria, like the finches of the Galapagos Islands and Hawaii'sHoneycreepers, have been geographically isolated long enough to undergo unusually broad speciation.These small fish form a species flock -- closely related species that have descended from a commonancestor and radiated, or fanned, into different specializations -- that is the most spectacular inthe world, fascinating anatomists, ecologists, ethologists, and evolutionary biologists alike. Theprocess of speciation was still under way until just recently, when the introduction of the large,predatory Nile perch so disrupted the Lake's intricate ecosystem that the glorious spectrum ofcichlids has almost vanished.Darwin's Dreampond tells the evolutionary story of the extraordinary"furu" and the battlefield leading to extinction. Tijs Goldschmidt skillfully blends a masterfuldiscussion of the principles of neo-Darwinian evolution and speciation with a history of LakeVictoria's ecosystem. The science unfolds in the context of the engaging first-person narrative ofGoldschmidt's adventures and misadventures as a field researcher. An astute observer and a clear andwitty writer, he warmly portrays the colors and textures of the landscapes and the lives of thelocal people as he interacts with them during the course of his fieldwork.
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