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Maternal effects in fish populations
Green, B.S. (2008). Maternal effects in fish populations, in: Sims, D.W. et al. Adv. Mar. Biol. 54. Advances in Marine Biology, 54: pp. 1-105. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0065-2881(08)00001-1
In: Sims, D.W. et al. (2008). Adv. Mar. Biol. 54. Advances in Marine Biology, 54. Academic Press: London. ISBN 978-0-12-374351-0. XXV, 276 pp., more
In: Advances in Marine Biology. Academic Press: London, New York. ISSN 0065-2881; e-ISSN 2162-5875, more
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    Marine/Coastal
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    bigger is better; female size; heritability; maternal influences; offspring traits; paternal effects; phenotypic plasticity

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  • Green, B.S.

Abstract
    Recently, the importance of the female to population dynamics-especially her non-genetic contribution to offspring fitness or maternal effect-has received much attention in studies of a diverse collection of animal and plant taxa. Of particular interest to fisheries scientists and managers is the role of the demographic structure of the adult component of fish populations in the formation of future year classes. Traditionally, fisheries managers tended to assess whole populations without regard to variation between the individuals within the population. In doing so, they overlooked the variation in spawning production between individual females as a source of variation to recruitment magnitude and fluctuation. Indeed, intensive and/or selective harvesting of larger and older females, those that may produce more-and higher quality-offspring, has been implicated in the collapse of a number of important fish stocks. In a fisheries resource management context, whether capture fisheries or aquaculture, female demographics and inter-female differences warrant serious consideration in developing harvesting and breeding strategies, and in understanding general population dynamics. Here I review the range of female traits and environmental conditions females encounter which may influence the number or quality of their offspring via a maternal effect.

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