Recently added articles from Reviews in Fisheries Science:
Linkages Between Salt Marshes and Other Nekton Habitats in Delaware Bay, USA
Jan 01, 2007; ... Although the importance of salt marsh habitats for fishes and crabs has been accepted for nearly a half century, the linkages between marshes and adjacent estuarine habitats have been ill-defined. In this synoptic study (n > 19,000 samples, 14 species, 10 million individuals), we provide ...
Advances in Research of Necrotizing Hepatopancreatitis Bacterium (NHPB) Affecting Penaeid Shrimp Aquaculture
Jan 01, 2007; ... Necrotizing hepatopancreatitis (NHP) is a severe bacterial disease affecting penaeid shrimp aquaculture. NHP is caused by the gram-negative, pleomorphic, obligately intracellular NHP-bacterium (NHPB) that targets the hepatopancreas tissue of shrimp. NHPB is classified as an ...
Understanding the Complexity of Catch-and-Release in Recreational Fishing: An Integrative Synthesis of Global Knowledge from Historical, Ethical, Social, and Biological Perspectives
Jan 01, 2007; ... Most research on catch-and-release (C&R) in recreational fishing has been conducted from a disciplinary angle focusing on the biological sciences and the study of hooking mortality after release. This hampers understanding of the complex and multifaceted nature of C&R. In the present ...
Documented and Potential Biological Impacts of Recreational Fishing: Insights for Management and Conservation
Dec 01, 2006; ... While the impacts of high exploitation on fish populations and aquatic ecosystems are well-documented for commercial fishing, particularly in the marine environment, the potential biological impacts of angling received less attention. This paper discusses angling patterns within a ...
Fishing Effort Analysis and Its Potential to Evaluate Stock Size
Dec 01, 2006; ... The analysis of fishing effort data has long occupied fisheries researchers in deriving appropriate indices of abundance for identifying changes in the size of fish populations. During the past 50 years, contributions in the scientific literature have dealt with the general theory and concepts ...
Von Brant's Fish Catching Methods of the World
Dec 01, 2006; ... ROBERT R. STICKNEY Gabriel, O., K. Lange, E. Dahm, and T. Wendt. 2005. Von Brant's Fish Catching Methods of the World. Fourth Ed. Ames, Io: Blackwell Publishing. 521 p. $199.99. Hardbound. In many instances, if you want to study them, you've got to catch them first. Fish Catching Methods ...
Marine Conservation Biology: The Science of Maintaining the Sea's Biodiversity
Dec 01, 2006; ... Norse, E.A., and L.B. Crowder, (Eds.). 2005. Marine Conservation Biology: The Science of Maintaining the Sea's Biodiversity. Washington, DC: Island Press. 470 p. $89.95. Cloth $49.95. Paper. Marine Conservation Biology begins with a description of the science of conservation biology and ...
Fisheries Acoustics: Theory and Practice
Dec 01, 2006; ... Simmonds, J., and D. MacLennan. 2005. Fisheries Acoustics: Theory and Practice. 2nd Ed. Ames, IA: Blackwell Publishing. 437 p. $199.99. Hardbound. As the authors note in their preface to the second edition of Fisheries Acoustics, the technology has advanced considerably since the first ...
Fisheries Assessment and Management in Data-Limited Situations
Dec 01, 2006; ... Kruse, G.H., V.F. Gallucci, D.E. Hay, R.I. Perry, R.M. Peterman, T.C. Shirley, P.O. Spencer, B. Wilson, and D. Weedby (Eds.). 2005. Fisheries Assessment and Management in Data-Limited Situations. Alaska Sea Grant College Program, University of Alaska, Fairbanks. 958 p. $50.00 ....
Species Invasions. Insights Into Ecology, Evolution, and Biogeography
Dec 01, 2006; ... Sax, D.F., JJ. Stachowicz, and S.D. Gaines, (Eds.)· 2005. Species Invasions. Insights Into Ecology, Evolution, and Biogeography. Sunderland, MA: Sinauer Associates. 495 p. $51.95 (softbound), $77.95 (casebound). More than just a compilation of invasive species and the consequences of ...
The Biology of Vibrios
Dec 01, 2006; ... Thompson, F.L., B. Austin, and J. Swings, (Eds.). 2006. The Biology of Vibrios. Washington, DC: ASM Press, 423 p. $139.95. Hardbound. Species of Vibrio are widespread in the aquatic environment, and many of them are pathogenic to aquatic species of interest to fisheries scientists, not ...
Invertebrate Medicine
Dec 01, 2006; ... Lewbart, G.A., (Ed.). 2006. Invertebrate Medicine. Ames, IO: Blackwell Publishing. 327 p. $129.99. Hardbound. This is a very attractive coffee table size book that is divided into 20 chapters, 17 of which deal with taxonomic groups of invertebrates. Both aquatic and terrestrial ...
The Effects of Water Temperature, Salinity and Currents on the Survival and Distribution of the Infective Copepodid Stage of the Salmon Louse (Lepeophtheirus salmonis) Originating on Atlantic Salmon Farms in the Broughton Archipelago of British Columbia, Canada (Brooks, 2005)-A Response to the Rebuttal of Krkosek et al. (2005a)
Mar 01, 2006; ... Keywords sea lice, salmon fanning, pink salmon, British Columbia Introduction The following comments are offered in response to the rebuttal of Krkosek et al. (2005a) to Brooks (2005). The response has required a closer look at the model of Krkosek et al. (2005b) in order to ...
Surface Water-Groundwater Interactions Between Irrigation Ditches, Alluvial Aquifers, and Streams
Mar 01, 2006; ... Improved descriptions of surface water-groundwater interactions are required for enhanced water resource management in irrigated areas of the western U.S. We are conducting a research project to determine surface water-groundwater interaction effects on hydrologic budgets and water quality along ...
Uncertainties of Climate Change in Arid Environments of Central Asia
Mar 01, 2006; ... This article examines the key uncertainties of climate change in the Central Asian republics of the former USSR-a vast arid region and a classic example of complex and poorly understood interactions between the regional responses to global climate change and the local human-induced ...
Recent Variations in Temperature, Precipitation, and Streamflow in the Rio Grande and Pecos River Basins of New Mexico and Colorado
Mar 01, 2006; ... Trends in climatic and hydrologic data from the Rio Grande and Pecos River basin are analyzed over an approximately 40-year period (1960 to 2000). Mann-Whitney tests for changes between halves of the record and between more recent decades, and Mann-Kendall tests for trend over the 40 years of ...
Hydrology, Geomorphology and Management: Implications for Sustainability of Native Southwestern Fishes
Mar 01, 2006; ... Native southwestern fishes have declined markedly in range and numbers. The factors responsible for their decline are many and varied. However, the primary Stressors to native fish assemblages in southwestern rivers and streams are habitat alteration and introduction of non-native species. We ...
Ecology of the Rio Grande Silvery Minnow (Cyprinidae: Hybognathus amarus) Inferred from Specimens Collected in 1874
Mar 01, 2006; ... The Rio Grande silvery minnow (Hybognathus amarus,) was historically an abundant and widespread species in the Rio Grande Basin. Its decline to endangered status had many probable causes and has spanned more than a century. Specimens of H. amarus collected in July 1874 at San Ildefonso, near ...
The Ineffectiveness of Using the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 to Implement Environmental Enhancement in the Rio Grande Canalization Project
Mar 01, 2006; ... The case of the Rio Grande Canalization Project (RGCP) illustrates the limitations in the use of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 as a tool for implementing environmental enhancements in a situation where past decisions greatly altered ecosystem functions of a large river ...
Benthic habitats and the effects of fishing. American Fisheries Society Symposium 41
Mar 01, 2006; ... Barnes, P.W., and J.P. Thomas (Eds.). 2005. Benthic habitats and the effects of fishing. American Fisheries Society Symposium 41, Bethesda, Maryland. 890 p. $75.00 ($53.00 for American Fisheries Society members). Hard cover. This impressive volume-impressive both for its content and its ...