Skates have become a concern in recent years due to the preponderance of these elasmobranchs that are caught as bycatch or as a directed fishery. This has raised concern because skates have life history characteristics that may make them vulnerable to over-exploitation. It was due to this concern that promptedDrs. David Ebert and James Sulikowski to organize an international symposium on the “Biology of Skates”. The aims and goals of the symposium were to bring together an international group of researchers to meet, discuss, perhaps develop collaborations, and present their most recent findings. The symposium was held over two days, on 13-14 July, 2006, in conjunction with the 22nd annual meeting of the American Elasmobranch Society in New Orleans, LA. A total of 31 authors from four countries contributed 16 papers that appear in this volume. The papers are broadly arranged into four separate categories: systematics and biogeography, diet and feeding ecology, reproductive biology, and age and growth. First book dedicated to the biology of the skates Recent and up to date research on this group of fish New and innovative research methods in the areas of feeding, age and growth, and reproductive biology
- ISBN: 978-1-4020-9702-7
- Editorial: Springer
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 246
- Fecha Publicación: 01/03/2009
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés