Fisheries biology, assessment and management / / by Michael King

• Autore: King Michael
• Pubblicazione: Oxford ; ; Ames, Iowa : , : Blackwell Publishing., , 2007
• Edizione: 2nd edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (405 p.)
• Disciplina: 639.2
• Soggetto topico: Fishery management; Fish populations
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Title Page; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Ecology and ecosystems; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Distribution and abundance; 1.2.1 Unit stocks; 1.2.2 Spacing of organisms; 1.3 Population growth and regulation; 1.3.1 Population growth; 1.3.2 Population regulation; 1.3.3 Life history patterns; Box 1.1 Live fast, die young; Box 1.2 Life-history patterns and depth; 1.4 Marine ecosystems; 1.4.1 Coastal waters; Box 1.3 The invasion of the sea by flowering plants; Box 1.4 Bioerosion; Box 1.5 The sun, the moon and the tides; 1.4.2 Coral reefs and lagoons; Box 1.6 Stinging cnidarians ; Box 1.7 Types of coral reefs1.4.3 Continental shelves and the open sea; Box 1.8 Tsunami; Box 1.9 The Coriolis effect; 1.5 Human impacts on marine ecosystems; 1.5.1 Habitat modification and loss; 1.5.2 Eutrophication, siltation and heat; Box 1.10 Shellfish contamination; Box 1.11 Controlling erosion; 1.5.3 Petroleum, metals, toxic chemicals and solid waste; Box 1.12 Foul play; Box 1.13 Mercury rising; 1.5.4 Species invasions, introductions and translocations; 1.5.5 Climate change - the greenhouse effect and global warming; Box 1.14 The global conveyor belt; 1.5.6 Ozone depletion ; 1.5.7 Assessing and minimizing environmental impacts1.6 Photosynthetic marine organisms; Box 1.15 Environmental impact assessments; 1.6.1 Marine macroalgae - seaweeds; Box 1.16 Light penetration in the sea; Box 1.17 Human use of algae; 1.6.2 Microalgae - phytoplankton; Box 1.18 Cold light - bioluminescence; 1.6.3 Harmful algal blooms; Box 1.19 Red tides; 1.7 The flow of energy and material; 1.7.1 Zooplankton; Box 1.20 Human use of plankton; 1.7.2 Daily migrations and the seasonal distribution of zooplankton; 1.7.3 Food relationships, trophic levels and food webs ; Box 1.21 Biological accumulation and magnification1.8 Productivity and fisheries; 1.8.1 Primary productivity and yield; 1.8.2 Productivity from fisheries and aquaculture; Box 1.22 El Niño and La Niña; Box 1.23 New fisheries; 2 Exploited species; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Invertebrates; 2.2.1 Molluscs; Bivalves - clams and cockles; Box 2.1 The life cycle of a giant clam; Box 2.2 The teredo or shipworm; Gastropods - sea snails; Box 2.3 Beautiful but dangerous; Box 2.4 The life cycle of an abalone; Cephalopods - squids and octopuses; Box 2.5 The first recorded case of overfishing? ; Box 2.6 The life cycle of a squidBox 2.7 The argonauts; 2.2.2 Crustaceans; Box 2.8 New shells for old - the crustacean moult cycle; Penaeids and carideans - prawns and shrimps; Box 2.9 The life cycles of penaeid prawns; Nephropidae - clawed lobsters; Palinuridae - slipper lobsters and spiny lobsters; Box 2.10 The life cycle of a spiny lobster; Brachyuran crabs; Box 2.11 Toxic crabs; Box 2.12 The life cycle of a blue crab; Anomuran crabs; Box 2.13 The life cycle of the coconut crab; 2.2.3 Other invertebrates; Holothurians - sea cucumbers; Box 2.14 The life cycle of a sea cucumber ; Echinoids - sea urchins
• Sommario/riassunto: This excellent second edition of Fisheries Biology, Assessment and Management, has been fully updated and expanded, providing a book which is an essential purchase for students and scientists studying, working or researching in fisheries and aquatic sciences. In the same way that excessive hunting on land has threatened terrestrial species, excessive fishing in the sea has reduced stocks of marine species to dangerously low levels. In addition, the ecosystems that support coastal marine species are threatened by habitat destruction, development and pollution.
• Titolo autorizzato: Fisheries biology, assessment and management
• ISBN: 1-118-68803-1; 1-118-68805-8; 1-118-68804-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910830300603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II