Flatfishes : biology and exploitation /

• Other Authors: Gibson, Robin N. (Editor), Nash, R. D. M. (Richard D. M.) (Editor), Geffen, A. J. (Audrey Jacheline) (Editor), Veer, Hendrik Willem van der (Editor)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Chichester, West Sussex : John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, [2014]
• Edition: Second edition
• Series: Fish and aquatic resources.
• Subjects: Flatfish fisheries.; Flatfishes > History.; Flatfishes.; Electronic books.
• Item Description: Description based upon print version of record.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxix, 579 pages) : illustrations.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• ISBN: 9781118501153; 1118501152
• DOI: 10.1002/9781118501153

Fascinating and instantly recognizable, flatfishes are unique in their asymmetric postlarval body form. With over 800 extant species recognized and a distribution stretching around the globe, these fishes are of considerable research interest and provide a major contribution to commercial and recreational fisheries worldwide. This second edition of Flatfishes: Biology and Exploitation has been completely revised, updated and enlarged to respond to the ever-growing body of research. It provides: Overviews of systematics, distribution, life history strategies, reproduction, recruitment, ecology.