Author: Thomas HechtPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 87
Book Description
A Guide to the Otoliths of Southern Ocean Fishes
Author: Thomas HechtA Guide to the Otoliths of Southern Ocean Fishes
Author: T. HechtReview of A guide to the otoliths of Southern Ocean fishes edited by T. Hecht. (South African Journal of Antarctic Research, vol. 17, no. 1, 1-87.)
Author: M.G. WhiteOtoliths of Common Australian Temperate Fish
Author: Dianne FurlaniPublisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
ISBN: 0643100040
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
The accurate identification of fish ‘ear-bones’, known as otoliths, is essential to determine the fish prey of marine and terrestrial predators. Fish otoliths are species-specific when combining size, shape and surface features, and can remain undigested for long periods. As a result, they can indicate which fish make up the diet of various predators, including cephalopod, seabird, marine mammal and fish species. Such studies are crucial for understanding marine ecosystems, and trophodynamics in particular. Increasingly, these methods are being used to understand the diet of some terrestrial predators, also extending to that of humans in archaelogical studies. Otoliths of Common Australian Temperate Fish offers users a verified reference collection to assist in the accurate identification of species and size of fish using otoliths. It covers 141 fish species from a broad geographic range of the Australian temperate region and includes commercial and non-commercial fish species. A standardised written description of the otolith structure, size and surface features is provided for each species. Included are brief distribution and ecology notes, and regression for both otolith and fish lengths, together with high-quality SEM photographs of the otolith described. This guide will be an essential reference for marine scientists and marine mammal researchers; ornithologists, fisheries researchers and fish biologists studying age and growth or comparative anatomy; and archaeologists. Winner of the 2008 Whitley Award for Zoological Manual.
Southern Ocean Ecology
Author: Sayed Z. El-SayedPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521443326
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 448
Book Description
BIOMASS (Biological Investigations of Marine Antarctic Systems and Stocks) was a unique, large-scale, long-term, international research programme established in 1977 to investigate the ecology of the Southern Ocean. Its main aim was to gain a greater understanding of the biological systems and stocks in the marine Antarctic environment, thereby providing a sound basis for the future management of the living resources within this immense ocean. The programme was drawn to a close in 1991 and its completion marked by a colloquium which brought together key researchers to summarise and review the results obtained. This volume, arising from that colloquium, provides a succinct, state-of-the-art account of the ecology of the Southern Ocean and serves as a comprehensive record of this unique and successful international project.
Fishes of the Southern Ocean
Author: Ofer GonGuide to the Otoliths of the Bony Fishes of the Northeast Atlantic
Author: Tero HärkönenPublisher:
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Category : Fishes
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
NOAA Technical Report NMFS.
Author: Otolith Atlas of Southern African Marine Fishes
Author: Malcolm J. SmalePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Marine fishes
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
Photographic Atlas of Fish Otoliths of the Northwest Atlantic Ocean
Author: Steven E. CampanaPublisher: NRC Research Press
ISBN: 9780660191089
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
This photographic atlas presents light and (or) scanning electron micrographs of 580 pairs of sagittal otoliths representing 288 species, 97 families, and 27 orders of fish from the northwest Atlantic. For most species, multiple individuals across a range of sizes are presented in order to highlight changes in otolith shape with increased size. For 72 of the families, photographs of the lapillar and asteriscal otoliths are also presented.