The Rockfishes of the Northeast Pacific

by Love, Milton S.

• ISBN13: 9780520234383
• ISBN10: 0520234383
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-10-01
• Publisher: Univ of California Pr

Summary

The most comprehensive book ever published on the rockfishes of the Pacific Coast, an extraordinarily large and diverse genus that is also commercially important.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	viii
Preface	x
Introduction	1	(1)
Who Made Rockfishes ``Magnificent''?	1	(2)
Part 1 - The Biology of Rockfishes	3	(91)
What Is a Rockfish?	5	(4)
What We Call Them and Why	9	(4)
Rockfish Evolution - Who, When and Where?	13	(6)
Where Do They Live?	19	(12)
Reproduction	31	(10)
Ecology of Pelagic Larvae and Juveniles	41	(6)
Juvenile Settlement	47	(4)
Movement and Activity Patterns	51	(6)
Age and Growth	57	(6)
Parasites	63	(4)
Physical Abnormalities and Diseases	67	(4)
Fisheries and Conservation	71	(23)
Part 2 - The Key	94	(19)
Part 3 - Species Accounts	113	(168)
References	281	(33)
Maps	314	(8)
Appendix 1 - Citations for Other Research	322	(10)
Appendix 2 - Von Bertalanffy Growth Curves	332	(6)
Appendix 3 - Length-Weight Relationships	338	(10)
Appendix 4 - Conversions between Standard, Fork, and Total Lengths	348	(4)
Appendix 5 - Head Spine Configurations	352	(9)
Appendix 6 - A Potpourri of Meristics	361	(6)
Appendix 7 - A Host List of Rockfish Parasites	367	(22)
Appendix 8 - Rockfish Groupings by Various Management Agencies	389	(1)
Glossary	390	(3)
Index	393	(8)
Reviewers and Personal Communicators	401	(2)
Contributing Authors	403	(1)
Photographers/Artists	404	(1)
Author! Author!	405