Population Production and Regulation in the Sea
A Fisheries Perspective

This 1995 text explains how fish populations regulate themselves in relation to climatic change.

David H. Cushing (Author)

9780521143714, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 24 June 2010

368 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 2.1 cm, 0.54 kg

"The book is fascinating for its patient, detailed coverage....this volume is a major contribution to the study of a multidisciplinary issue in marine science....this book will find its most enthusiastic reception among professional oceanographers, fisheries scientists, and marine ecologists, for whom it should stimulate both discussion and collaboration." John J. Ney, The Quarterly Review of Biology

How do fish populations regulate themselves? Why do some fish stocks flourish and then die away? These questions have fascinated fisheries scientists for decades, and in the last twenty years answers have begun to emerge. In this comprehensive 1995 account, David Cushing shows how the fate of fish larvae which live close to the centres of production in the sea has a crucial effect on population regulation. He shows how the timing and development of tidal fronts in particular regions has profound implications for fish and plankton production, which in turn affects fish recruitment. If recruitment of fish larvae into the pool of adult fish is insufficient, stocks may fail. It is only by understanding these processes that we can hope to recognise the implications of global climate change on marine populations. This book will be essential reading for all those interested in marine ecology and fisheries biology.

Preface
1. Introduction: some new discoveries in marine biology
2. The role of nutrients in the sea
3. A view of production in the sea
4. Hydrographic containment and stock structure
5. Climate and fisheries
6. Recruitment
7. Density dependent processes
8. Stock and recruitment
9. Conclusion: fisheries and marine ecology
References
Index.

Subject Areas: Marine biology [PSPM], Ecological science, the Biosphere [PSAF], Fisheries & related industries [KNAF]