Centrarchid Fishes Diversity, Biology and Conservation

by Cooke, Steven; Philipp, David P.

• ISBN13: 9781405133425
• ISBN10: 1405133422
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781444316049
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-06-15
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary

Centrarchid Fishes provides comprehensive coverage of all major aspects of this ecologically and commercially important group of fishes. Coverage includes diversity, ecomorphology, phylogeny and genetics, hybridization, reproduction, early life history and recruitment, feeding and growth, ecology, migrations, bioenergetics, physiology, diseases, aquaculture, fisheries management and conservation. Chapters have been written by well-known and respected scientists and the whole has been drawn together by Professors Cooke and Philipp, themselves extremely well respected in the area of fisheries management and conservation.

Author Biography

Steven Cooke is Assistant Professor of Fish Ecology and Conservation Physiology, Carleton University, Canada

David Philipp is Professor and Senior Professional Scientist at the Center for Aquatic Ecology, University of Illinois, Champaign, IL, USA

Table of Contents

Introduction - Diversity of centrarchid

fishesco morphology

hylogenetic relationships and genetics ybridizatione

production and parental

carelternative reproductive tactics and sociobiologyarly

life history and recruitmenteeding, nutrition, and growth

opulation and community ecology

ovement and migrations

ioener geticsr ganismal performance, tolerances, and physiological constraintsinter

ecology of centrarchid fish mmunocompetancy and disease

ssues in centrarchid aquaculture

ssues in centrarchid management and conservation

atterns in centrarchid ecological diversity

conclusions and a research agenda

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