36th Annual Larval Fish Conference, Bergen, Norway
2 July 2012 - 2 July 2012
Norway
The 36th Annual Larval Fish Conference will take place from 2 to 6 July in Bergen, Norway.
Fish larvae and zooplanktons are an indicator of an ecosystem's health status. For example, degraded water, including extensive hypoxia, toxic phytoplankton blooms, acid-sulphate run-off and chemical spills, creates conditions that are unfavourable for survival of highly sensitive fish larvae and other zooplankton.
Fish mortality is one of the signs which helps experts to evaluate an ecosystem. Mortality schedules among young fish, though, are still largely unknown. There is also a general lack of unequivocal evidence for the causes of mortality and how this changes over time.
The conference will be a forum for discussion and debate on the empirical and modelling studies that can quantify larvae/fish mortalities. Session topics are set to include:
-assessing the relative contribution of different sources of mortality in the early life stages of fish;
- the contribution of mechanistic behavioural and physiological studies on fish larvae to ecosystem models;
- the effects of oil and natural gas surveys, extraction activity and spills on fish early life stages;
- quality indicators for larval fishes: wild versus cultured;
- the biology and ecology of cleanerfish.For further information, please visit: http://www.larvalfishcon.org/Conf_home.asp?ConferenceCode=36th(opens in new window)
Fish larvae and zooplanktons are an indicator of an ecosystem's health status. For example, degraded water, including extensive hypoxia, toxic phytoplankton blooms, acid-sulphate run-off and chemical spills, creates conditions that are unfavourable for survival of highly sensitive fish larvae and other zooplankton.
Fish mortality is one of the signs which helps experts to evaluate an ecosystem. Mortality schedules among young fish, though, are still largely unknown. There is also a general lack of unequivocal evidence for the causes of mortality and how this changes over time.
The conference will be a forum for discussion and debate on the empirical and modelling studies that can quantify larvae/fish mortalities. Session topics are set to include:
-assessing the relative contribution of different sources of mortality in the early life stages of fish;
- the contribution of mechanistic behavioural and physiological studies on fish larvae to ecosystem models;
- the effects of oil and natural gas surveys, extraction activity and spills on fish early life stages;
- quality indicators for larval fishes: wild versus cultured;
- the biology and ecology of cleanerfish.For further information, please visit: http://www.larvalfishcon.org/Conf_home.asp?ConferenceCode=36th(opens in new window)