Flatfishes - Biology And Exploitation 2E

Fascinating and instantly recognizable, flatfishes are unique in their asymmetric postlarval body form. With over 800 extant species recognized and a distribution stretching across the globe, these fishes are of considerable research interest and provide a major contribution to commercial and recreational fisheries worldwide. This
second edition of Flatfishes Biology and Exploitation has been completely revised and updated to respond to the
ever-growing body of research over the past decades. It provides:

Overviews of systematics, distribution, life history strategies, reproduction,
recruitment, ecology and behaviour

Descriptions of the major fisheries and their management

An assessment of the synergies between ecological and aquaculture research of flatfish

This book is essential reading for fish biologists, fisheries scientists, marine biologists, ecologists and environmental scientists, and government workers in fisheries and fish and wildlife departments. It should be found in all libraries of research establishments and universities where biology, fish biology, fisheries, marine
sciences, oceanography, ecology and environmental sciences are studied.

Robin N. Gibson is an Honorary Research Fellow of the Scottish Association for Marine Science, Scottish Marine Institute, Oban, Scotland. His lifetime research interests have been in the ecology and behaviour of intertidal and shallow water marine fishes.

Richard D.M. Nash is a senior research scientist at the Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, Norway. His research is mainly concerned with recruitment processes and the early life history dynamics of marine fishes. He has particular research interests in the dynamics of nursery grounds.

Audrey J. Geffen is a professor in the Department of Biology, University of Bergen, Norway. Her research is primarily concerned with fish growth in natural and culture environments. A significant aspect of her work involves theoretical and applied research on the growth and formation of fish otoliths, analysing the structure and composition as a record of life history.

Henk W. van der Veer is a senior scientist at the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, The Netherlands. His main research topics are related to fish recruitment, concentrating on flatfishes and the functioning of coastal nursery areas. His work is strongly focussed on field observations supported by and embedded in ecological theory, especially the Dynamic Energy Budget theory.