Fishery Science: The Unique Contributions of Early Life Stages

This book demonstrates why fish eggs and larvae are important, how the characteristics of early life stages require a different research approach and how information on early life stages can be applied and interpreted to yield unique insights into fish populations. Written by international research workers from North America, Asia and Europe. Chapters include a discussion of the unique nature of early life stages, age and growth, mortality, recruitment, populations analysis, habitats, human impacts and management. A selected set of case studies demonstrates several specific applications of early life history information to a number of fishery problems. This book was designed to complement existing textbooks.

Table of Contents: Contributors; Preface; 1 Special Considerations of Fish Eggs and Larvae; 2 Age and Growth; 3 Mortality; 4 Recruitment; 5 Population Analysis; 6 Cohort Identification; 7 Habitat Requirements; 8 Assemblages, Communities, and Species Interactions; 9 Fishery Management; 10 Human Impacts; 11 Case Studies: Resurgence and Decline of the Japanese Sardine Population; Cascading Effects of Human Impacts on Fish Populations in the Laurentian Great Lakes; Understanding Conservation Issues of the Danube River; 12 Methodological Resources; Appendix; Literature Cited; Subject Index; Taxonomic Index.

336 pages. 128 illustrations. Available as a Paperback and as an eBook (2009). Suitable for fishery students, professionals and for biologists working on the early life stages of fish, ecologists, marine, freshwater and environmental scientists, populations biologists and oceanographers. Also valuable to all libraries in universities and research establishments where biological and fishery science are studied and taught. A Wiley-Blackwell publication.

ISBN: Paperback: 978-0-6320-5661-3; eBook: 978-1-4051-4737-8

Price: Paperback: £79.50, eBook: £71.99