Ecology of Marine Fish

About this book

Ecology of Marine Fish offers updated reviews of the current knowledge on the ecology of marine fish. This book is an all-inclusive reference on the diversity of marine fish, their behaviors, their role in marine food webs, as well as the human and environmental impacts on marine fish, such as pollutants and climate change. It takes a historical approach to discussing spatial and temporal patterns of fish populations and introduces the changing patterns of the present. Each chapter provides an in-depth review of the science behind marine fish populations and the methodological tools to study them.

This book is an excellent resource for anyone in the fisheries sector, including scientists and researchers, fisheries managers, marine resource managers, marine biologists, fish farmers, marine ecologists, policy makers, leaders and regulators, operations researchers, as well as students and faculty studying marine fish ecology.

Contents

Preface

I. Introduction to the ecology of marine fishes
1. History of marine fishes ecology
2. The diversity and life history patterns of marine fishes

II. Species – Environment Interactions
3. Early life stages of marine fishes
4. Fish growth: patterns and modelling
5. Fish movements
6. Trophic ecology of fishes
7. Reproduction of marine fishes
8. Behaviour of marine fishes

III. Population and community ecology
9. Methods for estimating the occurrence and abundance of marine fishes
10. Spatial and temporal patterns in the distribution of fishes
11. Modelling fish species richness and abundance
12. Connectivity and genetic structure of marine fish populations
13. The role of fish in marine food webs
14. Assessing functional diversity in marine fish assemblages
15. Main typologies of marine fish communities

IV. Anthropogenic impacts on marine fish populations and communities
16. Habitat degradation
17. Fisheries impacts on marine fish populations
18. Climate change impacts on marine fish populations and communities
19. Conservation of marine fish
20. Restoration of fish habitats, populations and communities

V. Future perspectives
21. Future perspectives in the study of fish ecology

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Biography

Dr Henrique Cabral is a full professor at the University of Lisbon and is Director of MARE - Marine and Environmental Sciences Centre, Cestas, France. He has worked in different facets of marine fish ecology for ~25 years. His core research area is fish ecology as well such as ecology of coastal systems, fisheries, nature conservation, and environmental impacts assessment. His expertise includes several techniques to evaluate variability in biological and ecological indicators, applied to individuals, populations, communities and ecosystems.

Dr Mario LePage is a senior fish biologist at the Institute of Research and Technology in Environment and Agriculture. His work mainly deals with fish ecology in estuarine environments in Europe but also in French Guiana. He has authored ~49 publications and has been an invited speaker at marine conferences.

Dr Jeremy Lobry is a senior marine biologist at the Institute of Research and Technology in Environment and Agriculture. He is co-directing a research unit on Aquatic Ecosystems and Global Changes. His speciality is trophic networks, focusing on fish compartments, published ~50 articles, and has been an invited speaker at marine conferences.

Dr Olivier Le Pape's research interests include identifying and protecting essential fish habitats in estuarine and coastal areas, studying anthropogenic pressure on fish habitats, and assessing avenues for fish population renewal. He is a Professor of Marine and Coastal Ecology at L'Institut Agro Rennes-Angers and represents the institute as Vice-Director of UMR DECOD, a joint research unit combining teams from INRAE, Ifremer, and L'Institut Agro to study ecological and evolutionary processes in aquatic environments.