Dynamics of Pelagic Fish Distribution and Behaviour
Subtitle: Effects on Fisheries and Stock Assessment (Fishing News Books)
Publisher: Fishing News Books
Published: October 30, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 348
ISBN-13: 9780852382417
Subjects: Aquaculture & fishing: practice & techniques; Fishes (ichthyology); Technology & Industrial Arts; Fish Culture (Specific Aspects); Technology; Science/Mathematics; Agriculture - General; Fisheries & Aquaculture
First sentence: The foundation of animal behaviour studies occurred only in the nineteenth century and presently studies of animal behaviour or ethology can be subdivided into four major approaches (Drickamer and Vessey, 1992): (1) Comparative psychology investigates the mechanisms controlling behaviour by systematic and objective observation or controlled experiments (Dewsbury, 1984).