Early Life History of Marine FishesThe life cycles of fishes are complex and varied, and knowledge of the early life stages is important for understanding the biology, ecology, and evolution of fishes. In Early Life History of Marine Fishes, Bruce S. Miller and Arthur W. Kendall Jr., bring together in a single reference much of the research available and its application to fishery science—knowledge increasingly important because for most fishes, adult populations are determined at the earliest stages of life. Clear and well written, this book offers expert guidance on how to collect and analyze larval fish data and on how this information is interpreted by applied fish biologists and fisheries managers. |
Contents
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2 Development of Eggs and Larvae | 39 |
3 Fish Egg and Larval Identification and Systematics | 55 |
4 Ecology of Fish Eggs and Larvae | 125 |
5 Sampling Fish Eggs and Larvae | 147 |
6 Population Dynamics and Recruitment | 181 |
7 Habitat Water Quality and Conservation Biology | 229 |
8 Rearing and Culture of Marine Fishes | 245 |
LABORATORY EXERCISES | 259 |
GLOSSARY | 293 |
LITERATURE CITED | 303 |
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abundance adults Ahlstrom areas Atlantic cod Biol biomass Bull cells copepods Cottidae culture demersal demersal eggs density determine distribution dorsal dorsal fin early life history Ecol ecology effects eggs and larvae elongated embryo Engraulis mordax environmental estimate estuaries factors Fahay fecundity feeding female fertilization Figure fin rays fish eggs fisheries flatfishes freshwater growth H. G. Moser habitat hatching Hemanthias Houde Ichthyol ichthyoplankton identify juvenile stage Kendall laboratory larval characters larval fish larval stage marine reserves Matarese meristic mortality myomeres nets northern anchovy notochord number of eggs occur ocean Ontogeny and systematics oocytes otoliths ovary Pacific pelagic pelagic eggs pigment plankton population predation prey produced Pronotogrammus rates rearing containers recruitment relationships reproductive rotifers salinity samplers sampling sardine Scorpaeniformes Serranidae Shelikof Strait spawners species spines stages of fishes studies survival temperature Theragra chalcogramma walleye pollock year-class strength zooplankton