Fish Ecology, Evolution, and Exploitation : A New Theoretical Synthesis / Ken H. Andersen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Andersen, Ken H., Author.

Series:

Monographs in population biology ; 62.

Princeton scholarship online.

Monographs in Population Biology ; 62

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fisheries--Mathematical models.

Fisheries.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 257 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2019]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Fish are one of the most important global food sources, supplying a significant share of the world's protein consumption. From stocks of wild Alaskan salmon and North Sea cod to entire fish communities with myriad species, fisheries require careful management to ensure that stocks remain productive, and mathematical models are essential tools for doing so. Fish Ecology, Evolution, and Exploitation is an authoritative introduction to the modern size- and trait-based approach to fish populations and communities.Ken Andersen covers the theoretical foundations, mathematical formulations, and real-world applications of this powerful new modeling method, which is grounded in the latest ecological theory and population biology. He begins with fundamental assumptions on the level of individuals and goes on to cover population demography and fisheries impact assessments. He shows how size- and trait-based models shed new light on familiar fisheries concepts such as maximum sustainable yield and fisheries selectivity-insights that classic age-based theory can't provide-and develops novel evolutionary impacts of fishing. Andersen extends the theory to entire fish communities and uses it to support the ecosystem approach to fisheries management, and forges critical links between trait-based methods and evolutionary ecology.Accessible to ecologists with a basic quantitative background, this incisive book unifies the thinking in ecology and fisheries science and is an indispensable reference for anyone seeking to apply size- and trait-based models to fish demography, fisheries impact assessments, and fish evolutionary ecology.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Preface

Notation

CHAPTER ONE. Nothing as Practical as a Good Theory

CHAPTER TWO. Size Spectrum Theory

CHAPTER THREE. Individual Growth and Reproduction

CHAPTER FOUR. Demography

CHAPTER FIVE. Fishing

CHAPTER SIX. Fisheries-Induced Evolution

CHAPTER SEVEN. Population Dynamics

CHAPTER EIGHT. Teleosts versus Elasmobranchs

CHAPTER NINE. Trait-Based Approach to Fish Ecology

CHAPTER TEN. Consumer-Resource Dynamics and Emergent Density Dependence

CHAPTER ELEVEN. Trait Structure of the Fish Community

CHAPTER TWELVE. Community Effects of Fishing

CHAPTER THIRTEEN. The Size- and Trait-Based Approach

APPENDIX A. Single Stock Size Spectrum Model

APPENDIX B. Consumer-Resource Model

APPENDIX C. Community Model

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2019.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 06. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9780691189260

0691189269

OCLC:

1102321087