Fish
Reproduction
Editors
Maria J. Rocha: Centre of Marine & Environmental Research,
Porto, Portugal
Augustine Arukwe: Norwegian University of Science & Technology,
Trondheim, Norway
B.G. Kapoor: Formerly Jodhpur University, India
ISBN 978-1-57808-331-2/ January 2008 / 632 pages, hc/ US $ 143.4
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With the decline in world fish stocks, our knowledge of fish reproduction has
become fundamental. Reproduction is an essential commitment to future generation.
It is also a continuous development process throughout ontogeny, requiring energetic,
ecological, physiological, anatomical, biochemical and endrocrinological adaptations.
The first chapters highlight important issues affecting fish normal ways of
reproductive development; details would focus on species living in opposite
environments, such as tropical and polar fishes; far related, as teleosts and
cartilaginous fishes; and finally, fish having different reproductive strategies.
Thereafter, since many fishes live in detrimental environments, mainly induced
by the continuous input of xenobiotic substances into waterways, the authors
found it highly pertinent to include this topic. Herein, the authors fix their
attention on the factors and mechanisms that may well affect reproductionrelated
hormonal systems as also on known consequences for fish living in polluted environments.
Finally, the interplay of modern concepts of fish reproduction in aquaculture
is reviewed.
Contents:-
. Oogenesis: Post-vitellogenic Events Leading to a Fertilizable Oocyte:
Julien Bobe et al.
. Physiological Function of Gonadotropins in Fish:
Josep V. Planas
. Gonadal Steroids: Functions and Patterns of Change:
Ned W. Pankhurst
. Vitellogenesis: Thomas P. Mommsen and Bodil Korsgaard
. Follicular Steroidogenesis in Fish:
Michiya Matsuyama
. Hormonally Derived Sex Pheromones in Fish:
Norm E. Stacey and
Peter W. Sorensen
. Reproductive Physiology in Viviparous Teleosts:
Yasunori Koya
. Mating Systems in Fishes:
Martin I. Taylor and
Mairi E. Knight
. Reproductive Strategies of Fish:
Robert A. Patzner
. Energetic Trade-offs in Reproduction: Cost-Benefit Considerations and
Plasticity:
Ole Kristian Berg and
Anders GravbrØt Finstad
. The Influence of Reproductive Behavior on the Social Organization of
Shoaling Fish:
Darren P. Croft et al.
. Parental Care and Predation Rish in Fish-Defend, Desert or Devour:
Carin Magnhagen
. Involvement of Endocrine and Environmental Factors in Gonudal Sex Differentiation
in Gonochoristic Fish:
Takeshi Kitano and Skin-ichi Abe
. A Review of Shark Reproductive Ecology: Life History and Evolutionary
Implications:
Glenn R. Parsons et al.
. Fish Estrogenic Pathways: Chemical Disruption and Related Biomarkers:
Augustine Arukwe
. Molecular Markers of Androgen Disruption:
Per-Erik Olsson et al.
. Fish Reproduction in Relation to Aquaculture:
S.S. De Silva et al.
. Cultivation of Coldwater Marine Species:
Birgitta Norberg et al.
