Centrarchid Fishes: Diversity, Biology and Conservation

by Editor: Steven Cooke (University of British Columbia ); Editor: David P. Philipp (University of Illinois )

• ISBN13: 9781444316049
• ISBN10: 1444316044
• Additional ISBN(s): 9781405133425, 9781444316032
• Format: eBook
• Copyright: 2009-09-01
• 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.

Table of Contents

Introduction - Diversity of centrarchid fishes

Ecomorphology

Phylogenetic relationships and genetics

Hybridization

Reproduction and parental care

Alternative reproductive tactics and sociobiology

Early life history and recruitment

Feeding, nutrition, and growth

Population and community ecology

Movement and migrations

Bioenergetics

Organismal performance, tolerances, and physiological constraints

Winter ecology of centrarchid fish

Immunocompetancy and disease

Issues in centrarchid aquaculture

Issues in centrarchid management and conservation

Patterns in centrarchid ecological diversity - conclusions and a research agenda

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