Temperature and Food Effects on Larval Pacific Herring (Clupea Pallasi) in Prince William Sound, Alaska

Temperature and Food Effects on Larval Pacific Herring (Clupea Pallasi) in Prince William Sound, Alaska

Author: Sarah Jane Thornton

Publisher:

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 112

ISBN-13:

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"The effects of food availability and water temperature on larval Pacific herring growth rates and survival were studied using a coupled biophysical model for 1993 through 1997. The herring growth model included feeding gains, metabolic costs, mortality losses and vertical migration of the herring larvae. In years when springtime oceanographic processes resulted in a high concentration of zooplankton, food availability did not limit larval herring growth rates; water temperature determined survival. However, in other years, food availability did limit survival, either due to insufficient food concentrations or to inaccessibility of the food. Vertical migration occasionally was restricted by strong water column stratification, which prevented the larvae from reaching food concentrations sufficient for growth. Thus the amount of food, the temperature, and the vertical distribution of the food and the larvae were found to affect growth. The study of vertical properties of factors affecting larval fish must be included in larval fish research"--Leaf iii.


Marine Fish Larvae

Marine Fish Larvae

Author: Reuben Lasker

Publisher: University of Washington Press

Published: 1981

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13:

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THE LARVAL LIFE AND HISTORY OF MARINE FISHES.


Multivariate Analysis in Community Ecology

Multivariate Analysis in Community Ecology

Author: Hugh G. Gauch

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1982-02-26

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 9780521282406

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A full description of computer-based methods of analysis used to define and solve ecological problems. Multivariate techniques permit summary of complex sets of data and allow investigation of many problems which cannot be tackled experimentally because of practical restraints.


Ecology of Marine Invertebrate Larvae

Ecology of Marine Invertebrate Larvae

Author: Larry McEdward

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2020-04-08

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13: 0429605021

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This is the first book to provide a detailed treatment of the field of larval ecology. The 13 chapters use state-of-the-art reviews and critiques of nearly all of the major topics in this diverse and rapidly growing field. Topics include: patterns of larval diversity, reproductive energetics, spawning ecology, life history theory, larval feeding and nutrition, larval mortality, behavior and locomotion, larval transport, dispersal, population genetics, recruitment dynamics and larval evolution. Written by the leading new scientists in the field, chapters define the current state of larval ecology and outline the important questions for future research.