Fish Ecology, Evolution, and Exploitation by Ken H Andersen

Fish Ecology, Evolution, and Exploitation by Ken H Andersen

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.

"I believe that over time this book will come to be seen as redefining much of fisheries science and I recommend it wholeheartedly"---Robert Thorpe, Fish and Fisheries
"Any scientist working on fish and with a basic background in numerical approach may find interest in this book."---Pierre Cresson, Cybium

Ken H. Andersen is professor of theoretical marine ecology and deputy director of the Centre for Ocean Life at the Technical University of Denmark’s National Institute of Aquatic Resources.

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ISBN 13	9780691192956
ISBN 10	0691192952
Title	Fish Ecology, Evolution, and Exploitation
Author	Ken H Andersen
Series	Monographs In Population Biology
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Princeton University Press
Year published	2019-07-16
Number of pages	280
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