Many of the processes influencing recruitment to an adult fish
population or entry into a fishery occur very early in life. The
variations in life histories and behaviours of young fish and the
selective processes operating on this variation ultimately determine the
identities and abundance of survivors.
This important volume brings together contributions from many of the
world's leading researchers from the field of fish ecology. The book
focuses on three major themes of pressing importance in the analysis of
the role that the early life history of fishes plays in the number and
quality of recruits: the selective processes at play in their early life
history; the contributions of early life history to the understanding of
recruitment.