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This book gives a start-to-finish overview of the whole
Fish4Knowledge project, in 18 short chapters, each describing one
aspect of the project. The Fish4Knowledge project explored the
possibilities of big video data, in this case from undersea video.
Recording and analyzing 90 thousand hours of video from ten camera
locations, the project gives a 3 year view of fish abundance in
several tropical coral reefs off the coast of Taiwan. The research
system built a remote recording network, over 100 Tb of storage,
supercomputer processing, video target detection and tracking, fish
species recognition and analysis, a large SQL database to record
the results and an efficient retrieval mechanism. Novel user
interface mechanisms were developed to provide easy access for
marine ecologists, who wanted to explore the dataset. The book is a
useful resource for system builders, as it gives an overview of the
many new methods that were created to build the Fish4Knowledge
system in a manner that also allows readers to see how all the
components fit together.
This book is a unique cross fertilization of aquatic ecology and
aquaculture. It shows how diets structure the digestive tract and
its microbiota and, in turn, the microbiota influences life history
traits of its host, including behavior. Short-term starvation can
have beneficial effects on individuals themselves and succeeding
generations which may acquire multiple stress resistances - a
mechanism strengthening the persistence of populations. From
terrestrial, but not yet from aquatic animals, it is understood
that circadian the rhythmicity makes toxins or good food. On the
long-term, the dietary basis impacts succeeding generations and can
trigger a sympatric speciation by (epi)-genetics. This volume
defines gaps in nutritional research and practice of farmed fishes
and invertebrates by referring to knowledge from marine and
freshwater biology. It also points out that dietary benefits and
deficiencies have effects on several succeeding generations,
indicating that well designed diets may have the potential to
successfully improve broodstock and breeding effort.
Animal models and tests have become increasingly important for
biomedical research, enabling a better understanding of pathogenic
pathways involved in various human disorders. Over the last
decades, zebrafish (Danio rerio) have become a very popular model
organism in biomedical research. Recently, this fish has entered
the waters of neuroscience and biological psychiatry, quickly
becoming an indispensable model species in this field. With a high
genetic homology to humans (~75% based on coding regions), it is
not surprising that humans and fish are very similar
physiologically (and behaviorally). Therefore, it should not come
as a surprise that zebrafish can be an excellent model of human
neuropsychiatric disorders. While some classical psychiatrists may
not too easily be persuaded by this generalization, the current
book "The rights and wrongs of zebrafish: principles of behavioral
phenotyping and CNS disease modeling" explains, in a
domain-by-domain manner, how exactly zebrafish models can be used
to target a wide range of human brain disorders and aberrant
phenotypes. The contributors to this book are leading international
scholars whose work spearheads innovative zebrafish neuroscience
research around the world. Written by top experts in the field,
this book makes for a useful, balanced and up-to-date reading that
outlines the use of zebrafish to study the pathological mechanisms
underlying neuropsychiatric disorders.
This book summarizes the key adaptations enabling extremophile
fishes to survive under harsh environmental conditions. It reviews
the most recent research on acidic, Antarctic, cave, desert,
hypersaline, hypoxic, temporary, and fast-flowing habitats, as well
as naturally and anthropogenically toxic waters, while pointing out
generalities that are evident across different study systems.
Knowledge of the different adaptations that allow fish to cope with
stressful environmental conditions furthers our understanding of
basic physiological, ecological, and evolutionary principles. In
several cases, evidence is provided for how the adaptation to
extreme environments promotes the emergence of new species.
Furthermore, a link is made to conservation biology, and how human
activities have exacerbated existing extreme environments and
created new ones. The book concludes with a discussion of major
open questions in our understanding of the ecology and evolution of
life in extreme environments.
As the largest group of extant vertebrates, fish offer an almost
limitless number of striking examples of evolutionary adaptation to
environmental and biotic selection pressure. The most diverse of
all vertebrate groups, the higher taxa of fish traditionally have
been classified by morphology and paleontology, with a much smaller
input of cytogenetic information. DNA sequence data are exerting an
increasingly strong influence on modern fish systematics,
challenging the classification of numerous higher taxa ranging from
genera to orders. The most fruitful approach, however, involves
synthetic analyses of morphology, molecular phylogenetics,
comparative karyology, and genome size. Karyotypes of more than
3400 species/subspecies are arranged here by fish systematics and
include a list of genome size, sex chromosomes, B chromosomes,
polyploidy, and locality of material fish, among others. This
volume enables both beginners and advanced researchers to survey
the existing literature and facilitates the implementation of an
integrative approach to fish systematics. The first book on fish
chromosomes in nearly 15 years, it is also the most comprehensive.
The book, entitled "Welfare of farmed fish in present and future
production systems", summarises the view of more than 80 experts in
the field of fish welfare, collected over a period of more than
five years in an international network entitled "Welfare of Fish in
European Aquaculture" (Cost action 867), which was sponsored by the
COST Office. COST is the acronym for European Cooperation in
Science and Technology. During the time of the action a shift
became evident in the general perception of fish welfare. It now
not only includes variables with very direct effects on growth, and
thereby the economy of the farmer, such as disease, water and feed
quality, but the term also includes fish preferences and
biology-based stimulation measures. This Cost action has
contributed to the notion that welfare sets biological criteria for
a sustainable production system. We present the reader with an
overview of the results obtained, which can help to guide the way
towards welfare of farmed fish in present and future production
systems. The first chapter gives an overview of the scientific
papers that follow. All scientific papers and the first chapter
were previously published in Fish Physiology and Biochemistry, vol.
38, number 1, 2012. Given the accruing interest in fish welfare in
society, each of these scientific papers should be accessible for
stakeholders that are not part of the research community. For that
reason each of the scientific papers is preceded by a summary for
non-experts. Previously published in Fish Physiology and
Biochemistry, vol. 38, number 1, 2012
Oryzias latipes, known as medaka, is a model organism from East
Asia. Breeding of this small, egg-laying freshwater teleost fish
has long been popular among hobbyists in Japan. Now, as biological
science has entered the genome era, the medaka provides significant
advantages that make it one of the most valuable vertebrate models:
a large collection of spontaneous mutants collected over a century,
the presence of highly polymorphic inbred lines established over
decades, and a recently completed genome sequence. This book is the
first comprehensive monograph to cover a variety of medaka
research. It opens with a historical view of medaka, followed by a
series of research topics in the four major areas where the medaka
is increasingly important: genomics, genetics, and resources;
organogenesis and disease models; germ cells, sex determination,
and reproduction; and evolution. Readers will find state-of-the-art
information on medaka genetics and genomics such as the first
isolation of active transposons in vertebrates, the influence of
chromatin structure on sequence variation, fine QTL analysis, and
versatile mutants as human disease models.
The Great Lakes are home to an impressive variety of fish. The
"Guide to Great Lakes Fishes" describes sixty-two of the region's
most commonly found species, from giants like the sturgeon all the
way down to the minnows and shiners, some of the Lakes' smallest
residents.
Beautiful color illustrations accompany color photographs and
line drawings to highlight distinguishing characteristics of each
fish alongside quick facts about distribution, diet, behavior, and
conservation status. Informative essays on the natural history,
adaptations, and characteristics of Great Lakes fishes are also
included, as well as detailed diagrams of the aquatic habitats and
food chains within the Lakes. This is a must-have guide for every
angler, fishery or wildlife professional, and conservationist. The
paperback edition is printed on waterproof paper.
Gerald R. Smith is Professor Emeritus of Ecology and
Evolutionary Biology at the University of Michigan and Curator
Emeritus of Fishes for the University of Michigan Museum of
Zoology. He is editor of "Fishes of the Great Lakes Region, Revised
Edition."The University of Michigan Press worked in collaboration
with Michigan Sea Grant on the development of this guidebook, the
second in a series of books about the Great Lakes coast.
This book summarizes the key adaptations enabling extremophile
fishes to survive under harsh environmental conditions. It reviews
the most recent research on acidic, Antarctic, cave, desert,
hypersaline, hypoxic, temporary, and fast-flowing habitats, as well
as naturally and anthropogenically toxic waters, while pointing out
generalities that are evident across different study systems.
Knowledge of the different adaptations that allow fish to cope with
stressful environmental conditions furthers our understanding of
basic physiological, ecological, and evolutionary principles. In
several cases, evidence is provided for how the adaptation to
extreme environments promotes the emergence of new species.
Furthermore, a link is made to conservation biology, and how human
activities have exacerbated existing extreme environments and
created new ones. The book concludes with a discussion of major
open questions in our understanding of the ecology and evolution of
life in extreme environments.
This book provides a comprehensive review of some predominant
environmental risks that marine fish cage aquaculture poses in the
marine environment and designs and practices now in use to address
these environmental risks in the U.S. and elsewhere. The book
includes a critical review of the large body of scientific work
published since 2000 on the environmental impacts of marine finfish
aquaculture around the world. The purpose of this book is to
provide a basic set of guidelines for risk managers and other
decision makers to use all information available to assess the
different ecological risks of marine fish aquaculture in a variety
of marine ecosystems.
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