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| Title: | Advancements in ichthyoplankton taxonomy in the Northeastern Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea: Research Conducted by the Alaska Fisheries Science Center 1965-1999. |
| Authors: | Busby, Morgan S.
Matarese, Ann C.
Blood, Deborah M.
Konieczna, Malgorzata |
| ASFA Terms: | Ichthyoplankton
Taxonomy |
| Issue Date: | 2000 |
| Publisher: | Sea Fisheries Institute in Gdynia |
| Citation: | Bulletin of the Sea Fisheries Institute, Gdynia, 3. p. 11-20 |
| Abstract: | Collections of ichthyoplankton samples have become increasingly important in studies
of fisheries recruitment, aquatic ecosystems, and systematics of fishes. In these studies, it is of
primary importance that researchers have knowledge of taxonomic characters necessary to correctly
identify species of interest at all stages of development. In this review, we provide a historical
account of ichthyoplankton research programs and studies, processing techniques, and advancements
in knowledge of ichthyoplankton taxonomy in the Northeast Pacific Ocean and Bering
Sea. Most of this research has been conducted by scientists during the past 35 years (1965-1999)
at NOAA s Alaska Fisheries Science Center (AFSC). In 1980, the Plankton Sorting and Identification
Center in Szczecin, Poland (PSIC), began processing ichthyoplankton samples collected by
the AFSC. At that time, it was possible to identify larvae of only 8.3% (52 of 627) of fish species
known in the area. The PSIC has since assisted in identifying larvae of an additional 239 species.
Presently, larvae of 291of 636 species (45.8%) can be identified from ichthyoplankton samples.
Taxonomic studies on gadid larvae in the early 1980s were of particular importance in development
of fishery oceanography research on commercially important fish stocks in Alaskan waters.
Later studies on scorpaeniform families, particularly the Hexagrammidae and Agonidae, contributed
significantly to understanding their systematics. Studies are currently underway on larvae of
several families including Scorpaenidae, Cottidae, Hemitripteridae, Liparidae, Stichaeidae, and
Pleuronectidae. |
| URI: | http://www.ceemar.org/dspace/handle/11099/354 |
| Related document: | http://www.mir.gdynia.pl/pliki/osrodek/biuletyn/biulet3-00a.pdf |
| Appears in Collections: | Bulletin of the Sea Fisheries Institute
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