Condition and Health Indicators of Exploited Marine Fishes (eBook)

Josep Lloret, Georgiy Shulman, R. Malcolm Love (Autoren)

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2013
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
9781118752784 (ISBN)

Infos

This important and informative new book outlines and discusses details of the basic principles and methods that are central to any study of fish condition, from a fish ecology and fisheries biology perspective. Condition and Health Indicators of Exploited Marine Fishes describes the potential capacities of condition indicators, providing examples showing the use of these indicators to solve practical problems in connection with fish ecology and fisheries research. By focusing on wild fish populations, the book complements the increasing number of scientific works that are contributing to show how fish condition studies are key to reveal problems in marine aquaculture, the effects of pollution, fish disease, and the importance of fish in human nutrition and medicine.
Condition and Health Indicators of Exploited Marine Fishes provides a comprehensive introduction to the study of fish condition that will assist advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students, researchers and professionals, working in marine ecology and biology, fisheries biology, environmental sciences and fish pathology. All universities and research establishments where biological and environmental sciences, fisheries and aquaculture are studied and taught should have copies of this book on their shelves.

Dr Josep Lloret (Roses, 1971) is a fisheries biologist who carries out pioneering research on fish condition health) and its influence on life history traits, such as reproduction and growth. His research has been conducted at the CSIC and the University of Girona (Spain), the Institute of Sea Fisheries-Thünen Institute (Germany) and the CNRS (France).
Dr Prof Georgiy Shulman (Kiev, 1929) is a marine zoologist, specialising in fish ecology and physiology. His well-known investigations have great significance in the areas of fish adaptations, biodiversity, life history and productivity, as well as fishery problems. His research has been carried out in The Institute of Biology of the Southern Seas (Sevastopol, Ukraine).
Dr R. Malcolm Love (Liverpool, 1928-2006) was a world-renowned fish biochemist and biotechnologist. Dr Love carried out research in the fields of fish chemical biology, and the importance of fish in human nutrition, at the Torry Research Station, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK.

Rezensionen

"Because of this, the book is most appropriate for
advanced students interested in fisheries, fisheries managers, and
professionals in the field. Summing Up: Recommended.
Upper-division undergraduates and above."
(Choice, 1 September 2014)

"It is certainly the most comprehensive volume on fish
condition published to date." (Fish &
Fisheries, 4 October 2014)

"This book represents an essential contribution to the
biology of marine fishes and will be an extremely valuable guide
for the monitoring, conservation and sustainable exploitation of
fish stocks." (Marine Biology Research, 1
September 2014)

"Condition and Health Indicators of Exploited Marine
Fishes...covers all aspects from a description of the
measures of condition, to physiology and biochemistry; the
underlying biological mechanisms, to environmental factors
affecting condition, and finally to the use of condition indicators
in stock assessment. This broad coverage will aid researchers in
their thinking about how condition is determined and what changes
in condition mean for individuals and populations. Bringing all of
these aspects together in one volume makes this book a very
valuable reference tool." (Dr Joanne Morgan,
Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Centre, Fisheries & Oceans Canada,
Canada)

"This book is very informative and valuable...It is
truly an international example of a review, in which different
literature sources (including Russian, Ukrainian, Scottish and
Spanish sources that existed as a "grey literature")
have been assembled for a broader international audience. The
authors, well known for their excellent research, have provided a
substantial and undeniable contribution to fish condition studies.
The book should certainly be a "desktop" book for many
fishery scientist/ecologists as well as for students and all who
are interested in marine life research." (Dr Natalia A.
Yaragina,Knipovich Polar Research Institute of Marine Fisheries
and Oceanography, Russia)

"The seven chapters in this book provide, for the first
time, a detailed and complete analysis of the diversity of the
current methods used for analyzing fish condition, providing
cutting-edge examples of various applications and recent
advances...this book improves knowledge on fish condition
indices and their applications to fisheries and environmental
sciences. It is an essential reference for students, researchers
and fishery managers interested in fishery topics."
(Professor Rachid Amara,Université du Littoral
Côte d'Opale, UMR LOG 8187 CNRS, France)

"The authors are to be applauded for providing an updated
review on this topic in a single volume and from a variety of
perspectives...numerous aspects of the book are to be
commended: the range of condition indicators reviewed, the
inclusion of applied recommendations and emphasis of important
points, and the diversity of facets treated in relation to
condition and health indicators." (Dr Emili
García-Berthou,University of Girona, Spain)

"The present book extensively covers all these aspects
related to the measurement, significance and usefulness of
condition indicators to study fish populations in their natural
environment. It represents a significant reference for fisheries
biologists interested in measuring fish health status and
productivity."

(Dr. Yvan Lambert Institut Maurice-Lamontagne, Fisheries
and Oceans Canada)

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 6.11.2013
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Zoologie
• Themenwelt: Technik
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft
• Themenwelt: Weitere Fachgebiete ► Land- / Forstwirtschaft / Fischerei
• Schlagworte: Ökologie / Aquatische Lebensräume • Aquaculture, Fisheries & Fish Science • Aquakultur • Aquakultur, Fischereiwesen u. Fischforschung • aquatic ecology • BASIC • Biowissenschaften • Book • capacities • Central • Condition • Connection • Details • Ecology • Examples • Fischereiwesen • Fischkrankheiten • fish • Fish Diseases • fisheries • Fishes • Health Indicators • Indicators • Life Sciences • Marine • New • Ökologie / Aquatische Lebensräume • Populations • Potential • Practical • Principles • Problems • Research • Scientific • use • Wild
• ISBN-13: 9781118752784 / 9781118752784