Ecology of Marine Fish

1st Edition - November 28, 2024
Imprint: Academic Press
Editors: Henrique Cabral, Mario LePage, Jeremy Lobry, Olivier Le Pape
Language: English
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Ecology of Marine Fish offers updated reviews of the current knowledge on the ecology of marine fish. This book is an all-inclusive reference on the diversity of marine fish, their behaviors, their role in marine food webs, as well as the human and environmental impacts on marine fish, such as pollutants and climate change. It takes a historical approach to discussing spatial and temporal patterns of fish populations and introduces the changing patterns of the present. Each chapter provides an in-depth review of the science behind marine fish populations and the methodological tools to study them.

This book is an excellent resource for anyone in the fisheries sector, including scientists and researchers, fisheries managers, marine resource managers, marine biologists, fish farmers, marine ecologists, policy makers, leaders and regulators, operations researchers, as well as students and faculty studying marine fish ecology.

Ecology of Marine Fish
Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
Contributors
About the editors
Preface
Part I: Introduction to the ecology of marine fishes
Chapter 1 History of the ecology of marine fishes
Abstract
Keywords
Acknowledgments
1.1 Introduction
1.2 The origins of ecology
1.3 Main milestones of the ecology theory
1.4 Early beginnings of fish ecology across the world
1.5 Main technical and technological advances for the study of the ecology of marine fishes
1.6 Perspectives
References
Chapter 2 The diversity and life-history patterns of marine fishes
Abstract
Keywords
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Taxonomical diversity
2.2.1 The evolution of fish taxonomy
2.2.2 Agnatha
2.2.3 Chondrichthyes
2.2.4 Osteichthyes
2.3 Morphological diversity
2.4 Habitats, ecological niches and life-history patterns of marine fishes
2.5 Main conclusions and future perspectives
References
Part II: Life-cycle and Fish-Environment interactions
Chapter 3 The early life stages of marine fishes
Abstract
Keywords
Acknowledgments
3.1 Introduction
3.1.1 Nomenclature
3.2 Reproduction and development: First-year life stages
3.2.1 Spawning
3.2.2 Eggs
3.2.3 Larvae
3.2.4 Age-0 juveniles
3.3 Ecological processes and vital rates
3.3.1 Foundational science in fish early life history: Prerecruitment mortality and the mass culling of individuals
3.3.2 Transport and dispersal
3.3.3 Growth and condition
3.3.4 Habitat dependency
3.3.5 Predation
3.4 Concluding remarks and perspectives
References
Chapter 4 Fish growth: Patterns and modeling
Abstract
Keywords
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Overview of fish growth
4.2.1 What is growth?
4.2.2 Ecophysiological factors determining growth
4.2.3 Intrinsic factors determining growth
4.3 Measuring growth
4.3.1 Measuring size and body mass
4.3.2 Direct measurement of growth: Lab monitoring and mark-recapture data
4.3.3 Size-composition data
4.3.4 Sclerochronology for estimating age and growth
4.3.5 Biochemical growth proxies
4.3.6 Epigenetic aging, a future generalized tool for estimating age?
4.4 Growth patterns and analytical equations
4.4.1 Growth patterns
4.4.2 The (Pütter) von Bertalanffy growth function (VBGF)
4.4.3 S-shaped growth curves
4.4.4 Biphasic growth models
4.4.5 Which growth model should you choose?
4.5 Growth in population and stock assessment models
4.5.1 From an implicit toward an explicit and integrated modeling of growth
4.5.2 The effect of selective fishery: From a modification of the length or age pyramid to fisheries-induced evolution
4.6 Back to a bioenergetics approach to growth
4.6.1 System definitions
4.6.2 The basis of bioenergetics
4.6.3 A matter of coefficients
4.6.4 Toward a more explicit description of metabolic fluxes
4.6.5 When theories meet (and when they don’t)
4.7 Main conclusions, future perspectives, and knowledge gaps
References
Chapter 5 Fish movement
Abstract
Keywords
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Diel vertical migration
5.2.1 Case study: Vertical migration of European sardine
5.2.2 Case study: Short-period movements of adult Pacific halibut
5.3 Ontogenetic movement
5.3.1 Case study: Variability in larval dispersal in six flatfish species
5.3.2 Case study: Variability in nursery origin of gilthead seabream
5.3.3 Case study: Spawning and feeding migrations of European plaice
5.3.4 Case study: Migration between spawning, feeding, and overwintering grounds in Atlantic herring
5.4 Transoceanic movement
5.4.1 Case study: Overwinter movement patterns of juvenile Atlantic bluefin tuna
5.4.2 Case study: Transoceanic migration of blue shark
5.5 Diadromous migration
5.5.1 Case study: Anadromous migration of sea lamprey
5.5.2 Case study: Catadromous migration in anguillids
5.6 Future perspectives
References
Chapter 6 Trophic ecology of marine fish
Abstract
Keywords
6.1 Introduction
6.2 The “ecomorphology” hypothesis, or the relationship between fish shape and feeding ecology
6.3 Methodologies to investigate marine fish diet
6.3.1 Stomach content analysis
6.3.2 Stable isotopes analysis (SIA)
6.3.3 Lipids and fatty acids as trophic biomarkers
6.3.4 DNA-based approaches
6.4 Behavioral adaptations related to marine fish feeding
6.4.1 Feeding/foraging behavior
6.4.2 Factors influencing feeding behavior
6.4.3 Feeding behavior in relation to senses
6.4.4 Endocrine and metabolic control of feeding
6.4.5 Feeding rhythms
6.4.6 Resource polymorphism
6.4.7 Personality and foraging behavior
6.5 Trophic guilds
6.6 Feeding physiology: Focus on acquisition and synthesis pathways of some dietary essential components
6.6.1 N-3 LC PUFA sources and synthesis in fish
6.6.2 Limited de novo production of n-3 LC PUFA in marine fish
6.6.3 Impact of global change on n-3 LC PUFA availability for fish
6.6.4 Impact of lower n-3 LC PUFA availability on fish performance
6.7 Conclusion and perspectives
References
Chapter 7 Reproduction of marine fishes
Abstract
Keywords
7.1 Introduction
7.2 Fish reproductive strategies
7.2.1 Spawning and reproductive behavior
7.2.2 Fecundity
7.2.3 Egg size
7.3 Reproductive ecology
7.3.1 Reproductive timing (diel, seasonal, annual, lifetime scales)
7.3.2 Spatial dynamics
7.3.3 Reproductive energetic part
7.3.4 Maternal effects
7.4 Highlights in fish reproduction studies: Phenological versus genetic adaptation of reproductive cyclicity
7.4.1 Phenological regulation: Cues, mechanisms, and relevance for population persistence under climate change
7.4.2 Genetic regulation of reproductive seasonality
7.5 Synthesis conclusion and future perspectives
References
Chapter 8 Behaviors of marine fishes
Abstract
Keywords
8.1 Introduction
8.2 Activity
8.3 Boldness
8.4 Aggressiveness
8.5 Sociality and schooling
8.6 Reproduction and parental care
8.7 Concluding remarks and perspectives
References
Part III: Population and community ecology
Chapter 9 Methods for estimating the occurrence and abundance of marine fishes
Abstract
Keywords
9.1 Introduction
9.2 Considerations for sampling designs
9.2.1 Controlling spatio-temporal scales of variability in experimental designs
9.2.2 Accuracy versus precision of estimations
9.2.3 The importance of fish identification and taxonomic knowledge
9.2.4 Considering fish biology variability on sampling designs
9.2.5 Diurnal and seasonal activity
9.3 Estimating fish abundance_ Gears, methods, and techniques
9.3.1 From abundance to biomass estimations
9.3.2 Methods based on traditional fishing and fisheries science_ Gears and techniques
9.3.3 Standardization of data and abundance estimations in techniques based on fisheries
9.3.4 Fish tagging and mark-recapture methods
9.3.5 Direct and quantitative standardized methods
9.3.6 New approaches
References
Chapter 10 Spatial and temporal patterns in the distribution of fishes
Abstract
Keywords
10.1 Geographical distribution range
10.2 Main environmental drivers of species spatial and temporal occurrence patterns
10.2.1 Temperature
10.2.2 Depth
10.2.3 Salinity
10.2.4 Dissolved oxygen
10.2.5 Substrate
10.2.6 Moon phase and tides
10.2.7 Biotic factors
10.2.8 Anthropogenic factors
10.3 Ecological niche and habitat selection
10.3.1 Ecological niche theory
10.3.2 Habitat colonization and habitat selection diversity in fish
10.3.3 Density-independent and density-dependent processes
10.3.4 Response curves and ecological niches
10.4 Ontogenetic variation
10.5 Future perspectives
References
Chapter 11 Modeling spatiotemporal distribution of fish species richness and abundance
Abstract
Keywords
Acknowledgments
11.1 Introduction
11.2 Data for spatiotemporal representation of fish species distribution, density, and richness
11.3 Methods, models, and related mapping approaches
11.3.1 Modeling fish species richness and abundance
11.3.2 Mapping
11.4 Model and map applications and management issues
11.4.1 Estimating habitat suitability and spatial patterns
11.4.2 Estimating and assessing ecological status from models of fish species richness and abundance
11.4.3 Mapping habitats, species distribution, and species richness, toward spatial management
11.5 Main conclusions and research needs
References
Chapter 12 Connectivity and genetic structure of marine fish populations
Abstract
Keywords
Acknowledgments
12.1 Introduction
12.2 What is a population?
12.2.1 Genetic diversity
12.2.2 Census and effective population size
12.3 What is connectivity?
12.4 Neutral population structure
12.5 Adaptation and phenotypic plasticity
12.6 Cryptic subdivision and local adaptation
12.7 Hybridization and introgression
12.8 Seascape genomics
12.9 Applications
12.10 Future perspectives
References
Chapter 13 The role of fish in marine food webs
Abstract
Keywords
13.1 Introduction
13.1.1 Characteristics of marine food webs
13.1.2 Fish specificities in marine food webs
13.1.3 Assessing the role of fish in marine food webs
13.2 Modeling fish within marine food webs
13.2.1 Ecopath as a representative of functional group models
13.2.2 Trait-based spectrum models
13.2.3 Fish-focused models
13.2.4 Model limits and opportunities
13.3 How much fish is in marine food webs?
13.4 Role of fish in food web dynamics
13.4.1 From photosynthesis to fish production
13.4.2 Top-down and wasp-waist trophic control
13.4.3 Fish trophic ecology and the stability of food webs
13.5 Role of fish in the flux of matter
13.5.1 Horizontal matter exchange between ecosystems
13.5.2 Bentho-pelagic coupling and biological carbon pump
13.5.3 Fish as a vector of pathogen distribution
13.6 Conclusion, perspectives, and knowledge gaps
References
Chapter 14 Functional diversity in marine fish assemblages
Abstract
Keywords
Acknowledgments
14.1 Functional diversity concepts and selection of functional traits
14.2 Key ecological traits of marine fishes
14.2.1 Fish trait studies and traits expression
14.2.2 Trait data availability versus ecological relevance in marine fishes
14.3 Functional trait patterns—Measurements and approaches
14.3.1 Functional diversity indices
14.3.2 Combining different traits—Life-history approaches
14.3.3 Trait-based community modeling
14.4 Functional diversity across scales—Recent trends, approaches, and challenges
14.4.1 Global-scale patterns and drivers of functional diversity
14.4.2 Regional-scale patterns and drivers of functional diversity
14.4.3 Local-scale patterns and drivers of functional diversity
14.4.4 Commonality in patterns and drivers across scales
14.5 Functional diversity of fishes as indicators of anthropogenic impacts
14.5.1 Bioindicators and monitoring of anthropogenic impacts
14.5.2 Assessing changes in the functional structure of marine fish assemblages
14.5.3 Main known changes in traits and/or diversity induced by climate change and anthropogenic drivers
14.6 Key points and perspectives
References
Chapter 15 Main typologies of marine fish communities
Abstract
Keywords
15.1 Introduction
15.2 Intertidal areas
15.3 Coastal rocky reefs
15.4 Coastal sandy areas
15.5 Estuarine systems
15.6 Coral reefs
15.7 Continental shelf
15.8 Open ocean
15.9 Deep-sea
15.10 Main knowledge gaps and future directions
References
Part IV: Anthropogenic impacts on marine fish populations and communities
Chapter 16 Habitat degradation impacts on marine fish
Abstract
Keywords
16.1 Main drivers and trends of marine habitat degradation
16.1.1 Habitat loss
16.1.2 Marine pollution
16.1.3 Nonindigenous species
16.2 Effects at various levels of biological organization and related methodologies
16.2.1 Measuring impacts at an individual level
16.2.2 Measuring impacts at the population level
16.2.3 Measuring impacts at the assemblage/community level
16.3 Effects of habitat degradation on marine fish, global case studies
16.3.1 Habitat loss in estuarine essential fish habitats—Eastern Channel, France
16.3.2 Corals reefs, habitat destruction, and soundscapes—Moorea Island, French Polynesia
16.3.3 Oil spill—Deepwater horizon, Gulf of Mexico, USA
16.3.4 Marine pollution—Baltic Sea, Europe
16.3.5 Eutrophication linked to green tide habitat degradation—Knysna Estuary, South Africa
16.3.6 Invasive species—The case of slipper limpet proliferation in Western Europe
16.4 Conclusion and future perspectives
References
Chapter 17 Fisheries impact on marine fish populations
Abstract
Keywords
17.1 Introduction
17.2 Demographic effects—Introduction to the dynamics of exploited marine populations
17.2.1 Less old fish and biomass in the sea
17.2.2 Impacts on recruitment
17.2.3 Overfishing and the debate on fisheries management
17.3 Trend and diagnostic on stocks status and biomass—Where do we stand?
17.4 Adaptation/selection—Fisheries-induced evolution
17.4.1 Fishing-induced selection pressures on fish life-history traits
17.4.2 Evidence of changes in maturation: Demography, plasticity or evolution?
17.4.3 Which consequences of fishing-induced evolution for fish stock dynamics and fisheries productivity?
17.4.4 Toward global erosion of genetic diversity and adaptive potential in fish?
17.5 Ecosystem effects
17.5.1 Fishing preys and bottom-up effects (supporting habitats, primary production)
17.5.2 Fishing predators and top-down effects (trophic cascade, instability)
17.5.3 Minimizing the impact of fishing—Toward an ecosystem approach to fisheries management
17.6 Concluding remarks and perspectives
References
Chapter 18 Climate change impacts on marine fish ecology and fisheries
Abstract
Keywords
Acknowledgments
18.1 Introduction
18.2 Understanding fish responses to climate change across levels of organization
18.2.1 Individuals and ecophysiology
18.2.2 Populations and species biogeography
18.2.3 Communities and biotic interactions
18.2.4 Ecosystem services and socioeconomic impacts
18.3 Methods for detecting and anticipating climate impacts
18.4 Fisheries adaptation and mitigation to climate change
18.5 Future perspectives and knowledge gaps
References
Chapter 19 Conservation of marine fish
Abstract
Keywords
Acknowledgments
19.1 The bases for marine fish conservation
19.1.1 History of marine conservation
19.1.2 Marine fish conservation
19.2 Species-based marine conservation tools
19.2.1 The IUCN Red List Categories and Criteria
19.2.2 Classifications based on resilience and vulnerability
19.3 Fisheries management measures: From a single-species approach to multispecies and ecosystem approaches
19.3.1 Fish conservation through fisheries management measures
19.3.2 The context of the EU CFP
19.3.3 Assessment of highly migratory species (tunas, billfishes, sharks)
19.3.4 Multispecies and ecosystem-based conservation and management
19.4 Marine protected areas
19.4.1 Ecological outcomes of MPA
19.4.2 MPA conditions for success
19.5 Conclusions and perspectives
References
Chapter 20 Restoration of fish habitats, populations, and communities
Abstract
Keywords
20.1 Restoring marine fish: Utopia or real challenge?
20.2 Fish habitat restoration
20.2.1 Seagrass habitat restoration
20.2.2 Bivalve reefs habitat
20.2.3 Artificial reefs: A lure or an effective solution
20.3 Restoring fish population: The case of diadromous species
20.4 Protecting early stage to restore population
20.4.1 Early life history stage (ELHS)
20.4.2 Example of operational ecological marine restoration solutions
20.5 Thinking wide for community effect
20.6 The need to go further
References
Part V: Future perspectives
Chapter 21 Perspectives on marine fish ecology research
Abstract
Keywords
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