1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910460197603321

Titolo

Converging regions : global perspectives on Asia and the Middle East / / edited by Nele Lenze and Charlotte Schriwer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Surrey, England ; ; Burlington, Vermont : , : Ashgate, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-317-15991-8

1-317-15990-X

1-4724-3686-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (248 p.)

Collana

International Political Economy of New Regionalisms Series

Disciplina

337.5056

Soggetti

Electronic books.

Asia Foreign economic relations Middle East

Middle East Foreign economic relations Asia

Asia Foreign economic relations

Middle East Foreign economic relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; Part I Finance and Investment; 1 China's Economic Impact on Egypt; 2 From the Middle East to the Far West; Part II Resources, Territory, Hierarchy; 3 Japan's Pursuit of Gulf Energy Resources; 4 Geopolitical Shifts; 5 No Spring for Migrant Workers; Part III Nation-States, Sovereignty, and International Networks; 6 Preventing the Emergence of a 'Nested Security Dilemma' in the Asian Maritime Domain; 7 The Gulf Monarchies and Pacific Asia; 8 The Indian Ocean; Part IV Redrawing the Maps of the Future; 9 New Connections Across Old Spaces

10 Connecting Oceans and Multicultural NaviesBibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

The current volume examines the renewed global dynamic, and how it is changing the relationships between the interdependent global communities across Asia and the Middle East. Focussing on the broader aspects of finance and trade between the Middle East and Asia, as well as growing security issues over natural resources and questions of



sovereignty, this volume concludes with speculations on the growing importance of Asia and the Middle East in the global setting.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9911020224503321

Titolo

Fish biology / / edited by Paul J.B. Hart and John D. Reynolds

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Malden, MA, : Blackwell Pub., 2002

ISBN

9786610291915

0-470-69380-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (430 p.)

Collana

Handbook of fish biology and fisheries ; ; 1

Altri autori (Persone)

HartPaul J. B

ReynoldsJohn Douglas <1959->

Disciplina

597

639.22

Soggetti

Fishes

Fishing

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Handbook of Fish Biology and Fisheries; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; List of Abbreviations; 1 BANISHING IGNORANCE:UNDERPINNING FISHERIES WITH BASIC BIOLOGY; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Global .sheries; 1.3 The quest for knowledge; 1.4 Part 1:Biodiversity; 1.5 Part 2:Production and population structure; 1.6 Part 3:Fish as predators and prey; 1.7 Part 4:Fish in ecosystems; 1.8 Ignorance banished?; 1.9 Conclusions; Part 1:Biodiversity; 2 PHYLOGENY AND SYSTEMATICS OF FISHES; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Phylogenetic methods and classi .cation; 2.3 Fish diversity and phylogeny; 2.4 Conclusions

3 HISTORICAL BIOGEOGRAPHY OF FISHES3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Concepts and methods; 3.3 Distribution,faunal composition and historical biogeography by region; 3.4 Conclusions; Part 2:Production and Population Structure; 4 THE PHYSIOLOGY OF LIVING IN WATER; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Buoyancy,or coping with pressure; 4.3 Swimming; 4.4 Osmoregulatory problems in fresh and salt water; 4.5 Respiration and special adaptations for living in low oxygen.; 4.6 Digestion and



absorption; 4.7 Bioluminescence; 4.8 Conclusions; 5 ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS AND RATES OF DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH; 5.1 Introduction

5.2 Terminology of life-history stages5.3 Development and growth during early life history; 5.4 Growth models and equations; 5.5 Age determination,back-calculation and validation techniques; 5.6 Length -weight relationships and indices of condition and growth; 5.7 Energy budget and bioenergetics:energy partitioning and storage; 5.8 Growth at different latitudes:models of growth compensation; 5.9 Estimating food consumption; 5.10 Conclusions; 6 RECRUITMENT:UNDERSTANDING DENSITY-DEPENDENCE IN FISH POPULATIONS; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 The link between spawner abundance and subsequent recruitment

6.3 Generalities through meta-analysis6.4 Carrying capacity; 6.5 Variability in recruitment; 6.6 At what life-history stage does density-dependent mortality occur?; 6.7 Estimating density-dependent mortality from long-term surveys; 6.8 Pelagic egg,larval and juvenile stages; 6.9 Future research; 6.10 Conclusions; 7 LIFE HISTORIES OF FISH; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 In .uence of survival and growth rate on age,size and reproductive effort at maturity; 7.3 Offspring size and number strategies; 7.4 Alternative life-history strategies; 7.5 Effects of .shing on life history; 7.6 Conclusions

8 MIGRATION8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Exploitation and ecology; 8.3 Fish migrations; 8.4 Migratory mechanisms; 8.5 Techniques; 8.6 Distribution and genetics; 8.7 Fishery applications; 8.8 Conclusions; 9 GENETICS OF FISH POPULATIONS; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Genetic tools; 9.3 Statistical tools; 9.4 Specimen and species identi .cation; 9.5 Fish population genetics; 9.6 Genetics of sex determination in .sh; 9.7 Conclusions; 10 BEHAVIOURAL ECOLOGY OF REPRODUCTION IN FISH; 10.1 General introduction; 10.2 Introduction to breeding systems; 10.3 Parental care; 10.4 Sexual selection; 10.5 Mating patterns

10.6 Reproductive behaviour and life histories

Sommario/riassunto

Recent decades have witnessed strong declines in fish stocks around the globe, amid growing concerns about the impact of fisheries on marine and freshwater biodiversity. Fisheries biologists and managers are therefore increasingly asking about aspects of ecology, behaviour, evolution and biodiversity that were traditionally studied by people working in very separate fields. This has highlighted the need to work more closely together, in order to help ensure future success both in management and conservation.  The Handbook of Fish Biology and Fisheries has been written by an