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The utility of early life history studies and the challenges of recruitment prediction

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Book cover Early Life History and Recruitment in Fish Populations

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An important component of studies involving population dynamics of marine fishes has been the use of quantitative ichthyoplankton surveys. The principal objectives of such surveys range from estimating the spawning biomass of local stocks to forecasting year-class strength on the basis of the abundance of larvae (Smith and Richardson, 1977). In the latter case there has been limited success (Peterman et al., 1988; Lukmanov and Mukhina, 1989; Bailey and Spring, 1992) and it has been suggested that year-class strength is established at a later point in time during the postlarval or juvenile period. This has also led some investigators to question the validity of the critical period hypotheses of Hjort and Lasker (Sissenwine, 1984; Bradford, 1992).

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Frank, K.T. (1997). The utility of early life history studies and the challenges of recruitment prediction. In: Chambers, R.C., Trippel, E.A. (eds) Early Life History and Recruitment in Fish Populations. Chapman & Hall Fish and Fisheries Series, vol 21. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1439-1_18

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