edited by Robin N. Gibson, Mark Corner, Twynholm, Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland, Richard D. M. Nash, Institute of Marine Research, Norway, Audrey J. Geffen, Department of Biology, University of Bergen, Norway, Henk W. Van der Veer, Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research, The Netherlands.
Second edition.
Hoboken, NJ, USA :
John Wiley & Sons Inc.,
2015.
Fish and aquatic resources series ;
16
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introduction / Robin N. Gibson -- 2. Systematic diversity of the Pleuronectiformes / Thomas A. Munroe -- 3. Distributions and biogeography / Thomas A. Munroe -- 4. Life-history traits in flatfishes / Catarina Vinagre and Henrique N. Cabral -- 5. Ecology of reproduction / Adriaan D. Rijnsdorp, Cindy J.G. van Damme and Peter R. Witthames -- 6. The planktonic stages of flatfishes : physical and biological interactions in transport processes / Janet T. Duffy-Anderson, Kevin M. Bailey, Henrique N. Cabral, Hideaki Nakata and Henk W. van der Veer -- 7. Development and regulation of external asymmetry during flatfish metamorphsis / Tohru Suzuki and Masaru Tanaka -- 8. Recruitment level and variability / Henk W. van der Veer, Vania Freitas and William C. Leggett -- 9. Age and growth / Richard D.M. Nash and Audrey J. Geffen -- 10. Distribution and dynamics of habitat use by juvenile and adult flatfishes / Kenneth W. Able and F. Joel Fodrie -- 11. The trophic ecology of flatfishes / Jason S. Link, Brian E. Smith, David B. Packer, Michael J. Fogarty and Richard W. Langton -- 12. The behaviour of flatfishes / Robin N. Gibson, Allan W. Stoner and Clifford H. Ryer -- 13. Atlantic flatfish fisheries / Stephen J. Walsh, Juan M. Dâiaz de Astarloa and Jan-Jaap Poos -- 14. Pacific flatfish fisheries / Thomas Wilderbuer, Bruce Leaman and Chang Ik Zhang -- 15. Tropical flatfish fisheries / Thomas A. Munroe -- 16. Assessment and management of flatfish stocks / Steven X. Cadrin, William G. Clark and Daniel Ricard -- 17. Synergies between aquaculture and fisheries / Audrey J. Geffen, Karin Pittman and Albert K. Imsland -- Appendix A. List of scientific and common names of living flatfishes used in the book -- Appendix B. Common synonyms of Pleuronectidae used in the text.