Small pelagic fish (SPF) play extremely important ecological roles in marine ecosystems,
form some of the most economically valuable fisheries resources, and play a vital role in …

This chapter reviews and synthesises knowledge on reproduction and recruitment in estuary‐
dependent and estuary‐associated fishes. Resident and migrating species (anadromous …

Understanding the drivers behind fluctuations in fish populations remains a key objective in
fishery science. Our predictive capacity to explain these fluctuations is still relatively low, due …

Subject to high predation risk, all developmental stages of copepods depend on evasive
behaviors for survival in pelagic environments. Swim and escape behaviors were …

This chapter examines the ways in which estuarine fishes interact both with their habitat, and
with each other, in relation to food and feeding. The ways in which diet and feeding may …

Recruitment is a critical component of population dynamics and variability in recruitment
underpins large fluctuations in population abundances of commercially valuable marine …

Coastal habitats are interlinked by ecological connectivity, defined as the exchange of
organic matter or organisms between habitats. The degree of this connectivity will depend in …

Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus) populations in Newfoundland, Canada, are
characterized by spring-and autumn-spawning components, targeted as a mixed fishery …

Herring, Clupea harengus, is one of the ecologically and commercially most important
species in European northern seas, where two distinct ecotypes have been described based …

Climate change in recent decades has been identified as a significant threat to natural
environments and human wellbeing. This is because some of the contemporary changes to …