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Larval mortality in marine fishes and the critical period concept / R.C. May -- Larval mortality and subsequent year-class strength in the plaice (Pleuronectes platessa L.) / R.C.A. Bannister, D. Harding, and S.J. Lockwood -- The distribution and mortality of sole eggs (Solea solea (L.)) in inshore areas / J.D. Riley -- Seasonal changes in dimensions and viability of the developing eggs of the Cornish pilchard (Sardina pilchardus Walbaum) off Plymouth / A.J. Southward and N. Demir -- Environmental influences on the survival of North Sea cod / R.R. Dickson, J.G. Pope, and M.J. Holden -- Some factors influencing early survival and abundance of Clupeonella in the Sea of Azov / G.N. Pinus -- Some observations on the population dynamics of the larval stage in the common gadoids / R. Jones and W.B. Hall -- The possible density-dependence of larval mortality and adult mortality in fishes / D.H. Cushing -- Larval abundance in relation to stock size, spawning potential and recruitment in North Sea herring / K.H. Postuma and J.J. Zijlstra -- Relations between egg production, larval production and spawning stock size in Clyde herring / A. Saville, I.G. Baxter, and D.W. McKay -- The use of data on eggs and larvae for estimating spawning stock of fish populations with demersal eggs / J. Gj saeter and R. Saetre -- Significance of egg and larval surveys in the studies of population dynamics of fish / S. Tanaka -- Seasonal fluctuations in the abundance of the larvae of mackerel and herring in the northeastern Atlantic and North Sea / V. Bainbridge, G.A. Cooper, and P.J.B. Hart -- The distribution and long term changes in abundance of larval Ammodytes marinus (Raitt) in the North Sea / P.J.B. Hart -- Efficiency test on four high-speed plankton samplers / H. Bj rke, O. Dragesund, and . Ulltang -- On the reliability of methods for quantitative surveys of fish larvae / D. Schnack -- Investigations on the distribution of fish larvae and plankton near and above the Great Meteor Seamount / W. Nellen -- Nearshore distribution of Hawaiian marine fish larvae : effects of water quality, turbidity and currents / J.M. Miller -- Vertical and seasonal variability of fish eggs and larvae at Ocean Weather Station "India" / R. Williams and P.J.B. Hart -- The feeding of plaice and sand-eel larvae in the Southern Bight in relation to the distribution of their food organisms / T. Wyatt --Vertical migrations of larvae of the Atlanto-Scandian herring (Clupea harengus L.) / A.S. Seliverstov -- Seasonal variation of ichthyoplankton in the Arabian Sea in relation to monsoons / K.J. Peter -- Food and feeding of larval redfish in the Gulf of Maine / R.R. Marak -- Food of the larval anchoveta Engraulis ringens J. / B.R. de Mendiola -- Laboratory studies of predation by euphausiid shrimps on fish larvae / G.H. Theilacker and R. Lasker -- Chemical changes during growth and starvation of herring larvae / K.F. Ehrlich -- Metabolism of nitrogenous wastes in the eggs and alevins of rainbow trout, Salmo gairdneri Richardson / S.D. Rice and R.M. Stokes -- Feeding, starvation and weight changes of early fish larvae / N. Ishibashi -- Quantitative nucleic acid histochemistry of the yolk sac syncytium of oviparous teleosts : implications for hypotheses of yolk utilization / W.E. Bachop and F.J. Schwartz -- Effects of thermal shock on larval estuarine fish : ecological implications with respect to entrapment in power plant cooling systems / D.E. Hoss, W.F. Hettler Jr., and L.C. Coston -- Survival of Australian anchovy (Engraulis australis) eggs and larvae in a heat trap / P.M. Powles -- Effects of cadmium on development and survival of herring eggs / H. Rosenthal and K.-R. Sperling -- Resistance of plaice eggs to mechanical stress and light / T. Pommeranz -- Effect of hydrogen sulfide on development and survival of eight freshwater fish species / L.L. Smith Jr. and D.M. Oseid -- Effect of parental temperature experience on thermal tolerance of eggs of Menidia audens / C. Hubbs and C. Bryan -- Effects of constant and rising temperatures on survival and developmental rates of embryonic and larval yellow perch, Perca flavescens (Mitchill) / K.E.F. Hokanson and Ch. F. Kleiner -- Temperature tolerance of early developmental stages of Dover sole, Solea solea (L.) / D.N. Irvin -- Development of the respiratory system in herring and plaice larvae / C. de Silva -- Effects of reduced oxygen on embryos and larvae of the white sucker, coho salmon, brook trout, and walleye / R.E. Siefert and W.A. Spoor -- Brain growth of young herring and trout / A. Packard and A.W. Wainwright -- Influence of temperature and salinity on embryonic development, larval growth and number of vertebrae of the garfish, Belone belone / M. Fonds, H. Rosenthal, and D.F. Alderdice -- Artificial gynogenesis and its application in genetics and selective breeding of fishes / J.G. Stanley and K.E. Sneed -- Gynogenesis in hybrids within the Pleuronectidae / C.E. Purdom and R.F. Lincoln -- Vital activity parameters as related to the early life history of larval and post-larval lake whitefish (Coregonus clupeaformis) / W.J. Hoagman -- Effect of prey distribution and density on the searching and feeding behaviour of larval anchovy Engraulis mordax Girard / J.R. Hunter and G.L. Thomas -- Changes in behaviour during starvation of herring and plaice larvae / J.H.S. Blaxter and K.F. Ehrlich -- The ability of herring and plaice larvae to avoid concentrations of oil dispersants / K.W. Wilson -- The role of larval stages in systematic investigations of marine teleosts : the Myctophidae, a case study / H.G. Moser and E.H. Ahlstrom -- The larval taxonomy of the primitive myctophiform fishes / M. Okiyama -- Analysis of the taxonomic characters of young scombrid fishes, genus Thunnus / W.J. Richards and T. Potthoff -- Present state of billfish larval taxonomy / S. Ueyanagi -- The diverse patterns of metamorphosis in gonostomatid fishes : an aid to classification / E.H. Ahlstrom -- Early life history of Limanda yokohamae (G unther) / T. Yusa -- Larvae of some flat fishes from a tropical estuary / K.P. Balakrishnan and C.B.L. Devi -- Morphological studies of two Pristigasterinae larvae from southern Brazil / Y. Matsuura -- A comparison of larvae of the deepwater and fourhorn sculpin, Myoxocephalus quadricornis L. from North America. 1, Morphological development / N.Y. Khan and D.J. Faber -- Artificial insemination in trout using a sperm diluant / R. Billard, J. Petit, B. Jalabert, and D. Szollosi -- Laboratory rearing of common sole (Solea solea L.) under controlled conditions at high density with low mortality / J. Fl uchter -- Progress towards the development of a successful rearing technique for larvae of the turbot, Scophthalmus maximus (L.) / A. Jones, R. Alderson, and B.R. Howell -- Nutrition de la larve de turbot (Scophthalmus maximus (L.)) avant la m etamorphose / M. Girin -- Rearing of gilt-head Sparus aurata / F. Ren e -- Mass rearing of the bass Dicentrarchus labrax L. / G. Barnab e -- Summing-up of the Symposium on the Early Life History of Fish / G. Hempel. Plans for an International Symposium on the Early Life History of Fish were first discussed in 1967 at the F. A. O. Advisory Committee on Marine Resources Research {A. C. M. R. R. }. It was considered that studies on fish eggs and larvae were of value in estimating the size of fish stocks, in appraising the stock-recruitment relationship, and in helping to answer questions on the systematics and taxonomy of fish. An A. C. M. R. R. Working Party recommended in 1969 that a Symposium should be held and after discussion with the International Associa tion of Biological Oceanography {I. A. B. O. } Dr. J. H. S. Blaxter of the Scottish Marine Biological Association {S. M. B. A. } agreed to con vene the meeting with the help of a steering committee. Various in ternational agencies were interested in the meeting and agreed to sponsor it in various ways. These agencies included F. A. O. , I. A. B. O. , the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea {I. C. E. S. } and the Scientific Committee for Oceanic Research {S. C. O. R. }. In the final event F. A. O. supported the meeting by publishing the abstracts beforehand, providing travel funds for participants and publishing a report after the meeting. I. A. B. O. and S. C. O. R. provided travel funds and the Royal Society of London and S. M. B. A. |
