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Techniques and theory for processing otoliths from tropical marine fish have developed only recently due to an historic misconception that these organisms could not be aged. Otoliths are the most commonly used structures from which daily, seasonal or annual records of a fish’s environmental history are inferred, and are also used as indicators of migration patterns, home range, spatial distribution, stock structure and life history events. A large proportion of projects undertaken on tropical marine organisms involve removal and processing of calcified structures such as otoliths, statoliths or vertebrae to retrieve biological, biochemical or genetic information. Current techniques and principles have evolved rapidly and are under constant modification and these differ among laboratories, and more particularly among species and within life history stages. Tropical fish otoliths: Information for assessment, management and ecology is a comprehensive description of the current status of knowledge about otoliths in the tropics. This book has contributions from leading experts in the field, encompasing a tropical perspective on daily and annual ageing in fish and invertebrates, microchemistry, interpreting otolith microstructure and using it to back-calculate life history events, and includes a treatise on the significance of validating periodicity in otoliths.

Nature protection --- natuurbeheer --- Zoomorphology. Zooanatomy --- zoölogie --- morfologie --- Otoliths. --- Fishes --- Morphology. --- Wildlife management. --- Morphology (Animals). --- Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management. --- Animal Anatomy / Morphology / Histology. --- Animal morphology --- Animals --- Body form in animals --- Zoology --- Morphology --- Animal populations --- Game management --- Management, Game --- Management, Wildlife --- Plant populations --- Wildlife resources --- Natural resources --- Wildlife conservation --- Management --- Wildlife. --- Fish. --- Animal anatomy. --- Animal anatomy --- Biology --- Physiology --- Fish --- Pisces --- Aquatic animals --- Vertebrates --- Fisheries --- Fishing --- Ichthyology --- Anatomy

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Proper designation of Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) is a highly important spatial measure in any management of fishery resources. EFH is defined as those waters and substrates necessary to fish for spawning, breeding, feeding, or growth to maturity, a definition that includes the physical, chemical and biological properties of marine areas and the associated sediment and biological assemblages that sustain fish populations throughout their full life cycle. This book presents latest advances in EFH mapping and modelling and introduces the environmental approach to EFH identification through the combined use of latest technologies and advanced techniques, such as Remote Sensing, Geographic Information Systems and Spatial Statistics. The contents of this book include overviews and comparisons of different approaches on species habitat modelling, methods to identify teleconnection patterns between large-scale meteo-oceanic phenomena and local environmental variation, and EFH maps for cephalopod, shrimp, hake, anchovy, sardine, and swordfish resources in the Mediterranean. The aims of this book are to provide accumulated knowledge on marine species essential habitat mapping and to be a source for further developments in the important topic of marine resource management.

Life Sciences. --- Freshwater & Marine Ecology. --- Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management. --- Bioinformatics. --- Life sciences. --- Aquatic biology. --- Wildlife management. --- Sciences de la vie --- Bio-informatique --- Hydrobiologie --- Faune --- Aménagement --- Ecological mapping -- Mediterranean Region. --- Fishes -- Ecology -- Mediterranean Region -- Remote sensing. --- Fishes -- Habitat -- Mediterranean Region -- Maps. --- Fishes -- Habitat -- Mediterranean Region -- Remote sensing. --- Habitat surveys -- Mediterranean Region -- Remote sensing. --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Ecology --- Ecological mapping --- Fishes --- Habitat surveys --- Remote sensing. --- Habitat --- Fish --- Pisces --- Aquatic ecology. --- Wildlife. --- Fish. --- Ecological surveys --- Aquatic animals --- Vertebrates --- Fisheries --- Fishing --- Ichthyology --- Environmental mapping --- Bio-informatics --- Biological informatics --- Biology --- Information science --- Computational biology --- Systems biology --- Animal populations --- Game management --- Management, Game --- Management, Wildlife --- Plant populations --- Wildlife resources --- Natural resources --- Wildlife conservation --- Hydrobiology --- Water biology --- Aquatic sciences --- Data processing --- Management --- Aquatic ecology . --- Aquatic biology

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Wildlife holds a special place in the human consciousness. It is a source of attraction and fear, material value and symbolic meaning, religious or spiritual significance, and it is a barometer of people’s concern for environmental sustainability. Why do humans care so much about wildlife? In Who Cares About Wildlife?, author Michael J. Manfredo explores that question through multiple social science perspectives. How has evolution prepared human responses to wildlife? How can we better understand the nature of our cognitive and emotional responses to wildlife? And how can we place those responses in a broad cultural context? A theoretical perspective is advanced that draws upon these multiple perspectives and that proposes the rise of caring and mutualism values in post-industrial society. Directions for future research and managerial implications are interwoven into this theoretical overview. "This ambitious book concerning the human dimensions of wildlife management comes at an opportune time as global warming threatens extinction of large numbers of species. After considering the biological bases of human-wildlife interaction, Manfredo reviews and applies major social science theories and research to wildlife management. Chapter by chapter, the author introduces the reader to a central construct or theoretical approach and considers its implications for wildlife management. In this manner, the book ranges widely, from emotions, attitudes and social norms, to values and culture. Though necessarily brief, the literature reviews are informative and up-to-date, and their relevance for wildlife management is made clear by numerous examples and illustrative case studies. This engaging book is essential reading for students and professionals interested in research on the human dimensions of wildlife management." - Icek Aizen, Professor and Head, Division of Social Psychology, University of Massachusetts- Amherst.

Environment. --- Environmental Management. --- Animal Ecology. --- Fish & Wildlife Biology & Management. --- Nature Conservation. --- Social Sciences, general. --- Environmental sciences. --- Animal ecology. --- Wildlife management. --- Environmental management. --- Social sciences. --- Sciences de l'environnement --- Ecologie animale --- Faune --- Environnement --- Sciences sociales --- Aménagement --- Gestion --- Wildlife conservation --- Human-animal relationships. --- Social aspects. --- Wildlife conservation -- Social aspects. --- Human-animal relationships --- Environmental Sciences --- Zoology - General --- Zoology --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Health & Biological Sciences --- Social aspects --- Animal-human relationships --- Animal-man relationships --- Animals and humans --- Human beings and animals --- Man-animal relationships --- Relationships, Human-animal --- Animal conservation --- Animals --- Conservation of wildlife --- Preservation of wildlife --- Protection of wildlife --- Species conservation --- Species preservation --- Species protection --- Wildlife preservation --- Wildlife protection --- Wildlife resources conservation --- Wildlife resources preservation --- Wildlife resources protection --- Conservation --- Wildlife. --- Fish. --- Nature conservation. --- Conservation of natural resources --- Nature conservation --- Endangered species --- Wildlife management --- Behavioral sciences --- Human sciences --- Sciences, Social --- Social science --- Social studies --- Civilization --- Conservation of nature --- Nature --- Nature protection --- Protection of nature --- Applied ecology --- Conservation biology --- Endangered ecosystems --- Natural areas --- Animal populations --- Game management --- Management, Game --- Management, Wildlife --- Plant populations --- Wildlife resources --- Natural resources --- Ecology --- Environmental stewardship --- Stewardship, Environmental --- Environmental sciences --- Management --- Fish --- Pisces --- Aquatic animals --- Vertebrates --- Fisheries --- Fishing --- Ichthyology