Ecology of Marine Fish

Henrique Cabral works at INRAE, Aquatic Ecosystems and Global Change Research Unit, Bordeaux, France. Mario LePage works at INRAE, Aquatic Ecosystems and Global Change Research Unit, in Bordeaux, France. Jeremy Lobry is a Senior Marine Biologist at the Institute of Research and Technology in Environment and Agriculture, Cestas, France. Olivier Le Pape is Professor in Marine and Coastal Ecology at L’Institut Agro Rennes-Angers, FranceVice-Director of UMR DECOD Research Unit representing L’Institut Agro, France.

1. History of marine fishes ecology
2. The diversity and life history patterns of marine fishes
3. Early life stages of marine fishes
4. Fish growth: patterns and modelling
5. Fish movements
6. Trophic ecology of fishes
7. Reproduction of marine fishes
8. Behaviour of marine fishes
9. Methods for estimating the occurrence and abundance of marine fishes
10. Spatial and temporal patterns in the distribution of fishes
11. Modelling fish species richness and abundance
12. Connectivity and genetic structure of marine fish populations
13. The role of fish in marine food webs
14. Assessing functional diversity in marine fish assemblages
15. Main typologies of marine fish communities
16. Habitat degradation
17. Fisheries impacts on marine fish populations
18. Climate change impacts on marine fish populations and communities
19. Conservation of marine fish
20. Restoration of fish habitats, populations and communities
21. Future perspectives in the study of fish ecology