LARVAL FISH STUDIES- COURSE TOPICS
Embryonic Life
 | Characteristics of fish eggs and larvae |
| Diversity of larvae |
| Perils in the early life stages |
REFERENCE:
Fuiman, L.A. Special Considerations of Fish Eggs and Larvae in: Fishery Science-The Unique Contribution of Early life Stages, Fuiman and Werner (eds.) 2002.
Early life history of marine fish: the egg stage. G. Hempel, Seattle, 1979.
Feeding and Nutrition
| Sensory and motor development in relation to feeding behavior |
| Selective feeding and prey characteristics |
| Patchiness of prey |
| Food consumption, food passage rates |
| Bioenergetics |
| Nutrition and digestive enzymes |
REFERENCES:
J. Hunter in Marine fish larvae : morphology, ecology, and relation to fisheries. Ruben Lasker, (ed) Seattle, 1981.
H. Huuskonen, et al. in Journal Fish Biology, Vol 52(5): 962-972, 1998 (electronic).
Age and Growth
| Age determination and validation - otoliths, length frequency |
| Growth- measures, growth curves, models |
| Measurements of condition and growth |
REFERENCE:
Jones, C. Age and Growth in: Fishery Science-The Unique Contribution of Early life Stages, Fuiman and Werner editors 2002.
A. Ferron and W.C. Leggett in Advances in Marine Biology, Vol 30:217 1994.
Methods in Fish Biology, American Fisheries Society, 1996.
Recruitment and Importance of Early Life History Events
| Critical factors in larval fish survival and year class strength |
| Transport, buoyancy, vertical distribution |
REFERENCE:
Cowan, J.H. and R.F. Shaw. Recruitment in: Fishery Science-The Unique Contribution of Early life Stages, Fuiman and Werner editors 2002.
10th Annual Larval Fish Conference. AFS Symposium 2, 1987.
Early life history and recruitment in fish populations. Chambers, R.C. and E.A. Tripple (eds), London, 1997.
Marine populations: an essay on population regulation and speciation. M. Sinclair, U of Washington Press, 1988.
Predation
REFERENCE:
Houde, E.D. Mortality in: Fishery Science-The Unique Contribution of Early life Stages, Fuiman and Werner editors 2002.
Habitat Requirements
REFERENCE:
Werner, R.G. Habitat Requirements in: Fishery Science-The Unique Contribution of Early life Stages, Fuiman and Werner editors 2002 .
Population Analysis
REFERENCE:
Pepin, P. Population Analysis in: Fishery Science-The Unique Contribution of Early life Stages, Fuiman and Werner editors 2002.
Fisheries Management
| Stock and recruitment |
| Assessment of adult spawning biomass (from eggs, larvae/juvenile) |
| Techniques for collecting, preserving and examining eggs and larvae |
| Sampling and research methods |
REFERENCE:
Rutherford, E.S. Fishery Management in: Fishery Science-The Unique Contribution of Early life Stages, Fuiman and Werner editors 2002 .
Fisheries Techniques, American Fisheries Society,1996.
http://fishbull.noaa.gov/fcontent.htm
Communities and Species Interactions
| Food webs |
| Species interactions- resource partitioning, overlap in prey |
| Species diversity- biodiversity |
REFERENCE:
Miller, T.J. Assemblages, Communities, and Species Interactions in: Fishery Science-The Unique Contribution of Early life Stages, Fuiman and Werner editors 2002.
G. Boehlert in Oceanography Vol 9 (1):28, 1996.
Aquaculture
| Larviculture for food, research, conservation and stock enhancement |
REFERENCE:
Holt, G.J. in:Water Quality and Early life History of Fishes, AFS Symposium 14:167,1993.
Broodstock Management and Egg and Larval Quality. N.R. Bromage and R.J. Roberts (eds), Blackwell Scientific Publishers, 1995.
Marine Stock Enhancement Proceedings, Bulletin Marine Science, vol 62(2), 1998.
Human Impacts
REFERENCE:
Holt, G.J. Human Impacts in: Fishery Science-The Unique Contribution of Early life Stages, Fuiman and Werner editors 2002.