Flatfishes
Biology and Exploitation
Fish and Aquatic Resources
2. Edition January 2015
576 Pages, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
Fascinating and instantly recognizable, flatfishes are unique in
their asymmetric postlarval body form. With over 800 extant species
recognized and a distribution stretching around 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, updated and enlarged
to respond to the ever-growing body of research. 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 flatfishes.
Carefully compiled and edited by four internationally-known
scientists and with chapters written by many world leaders in the
field, this excellent new edition of a very popular and successful
book is essential reading for fish biologists, fisheries
scientists, marine biologists, aquaculture personnel, ecologists,
environmental scientists, and government workers in fisheries and
fish and wildlife departments. Flatfishes: Biology and
Exploitation, Second Edition, should be found in all libraries of
research establishments and universities where life sciences, fish
biology, fisheries, aquaculture, marine sciences, oceanography,
ecology and environmental sciences are studied and taught.
Reviews of the First Edition
* A solid, up-to-date book that advanced students and
research scientists with interests in fish biology will find
interesting and useful. Aquaculture International
* A data-rich book that outlines much of what you might ever
want to know about flatfishes. Fish & Fisheries
* Well presented with clear illustrations and a valuable
source of information for those with a general interest in fish
ecology or for the more specialist reader. You should make sure
that your library has a copy. J Fish Biology
* An excellent and very practical overview of the whole,
global flatfish scene. Anyone interested in flatfish at whichever
stage of the economic food chain should invest in a copy
immediately. Ausmarine
* Because of the high quality of each chapter, written by
international experts, it is a valuable reference. Reviews in
Fish Biology and Fisheries
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.
