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1991 Workshop proceedings - Larval Biology.

August 1991, Workshop proceedings

Larval Biology
Hobart, Tasmania

Contents

Session 1: Feeding Ecology and Condition of Larvae

Chairperson's Introduction
G.P. Jenkins

Feeding Ecology of Marine Fish Larvae: an Australian Perspective
J.W. Young

Feeding by Estuarine and Marine Fish Larvae
D.J. Gaughan

In Situ Rearing of Prawn Larvae - Testing the Starvation Hypothesis
N.P. Preston

What Can Growth Trajectory Tell Us about the Nutritional State of Fish Larvae?
G.P. Jenkins

The Use of Condition Indices in Larval Fish
I.M. Suthers

Do Otoliths Record Changes in Somatic Growth Rate? -Conflicting Evidence from a Laboratory and Field Study of a Temperate Reef Fish, Parika Scaber
M.J. Milicich

Discussion of Session 1
Recorded by H.M.A. May and B.D. Stewart

Session 2: Extensive Larval Rearing

Chairperson's Introduction
S.C. Battaglene

Commercial Extensive Larval Rearing of Australian Freshwater Native Fish
S.J. Thurstan

The Effect of Salinity in the Extensive Rearing of Australian Bass Macquaria novemaculeata
J.B. Burke

The Effect of Temperature in the Extensive Rearing of Australian Bass Macquaria novemaculeata (Steindachner)
R.B. Talbot & S.C. Battaglene

Implications of Water Quality for Larval Fish Metabolism, Activity and Growth in Extensive Rearing Conditions
P.C. Gehrke

Larval Feeding Trials with Striped Trumpeter, Latris lineata
F.P. Ruwald

Comparison of Intensive and Extensive Culture of the Tasmanian Whitebait Lovettia sealii (Johnston)
M. Daintith

Discussion of Session 2
Recorded by CA. Hair and CA. Gray

Session 3: Biological Effects of Oceanographic Processes

Chairperson's Introduction
I.M. Suthers

Biological Significance of the Coastal Boundary Layer off Townsville, North Queensland
S.R. Thorrold & A.D. McKinnon

Tidal Currents, Eddies and Orientated Behaviour by Larval Fishes
A.S. Steffe & M. Westoby

Interannual Variability in the Oceanography of the East Coast of Tasmania and Its Effects on Jack Mackerel (Trachurus declivis) Larvae
A.J. Jordan

Observations on the Distribution of Larval Fish in Relation to a Frontal Zone at the Mouth of Spencer Gulf, South Australia
B.D. Bruce & D.A. Short

Distribution of Phyllosoma Larvae of the Red Rock Lobster Jasus edwardii off the East Coast of New Zealand in Relation to the Oceanography
J.D. Booth & R.A. Stewart

Discussion of Session 3
Recorded by L J. Worland

GENERAL DISCUSSION AND SUMMING UP

General Discussion
Chairperson: J.S. Gunn
Recorded by L.J. Worland and I.M. Suthers

Summing Up
J.M. Leis

EVENING SESSION

Taxonomy of Temperate Australasian Fish Larvae
Session Chairpersons: A.G. Miskiewicz. and F.J. Neira

A Review of Studies of the Early Life History of Fish in Temperate Australian Waters
A.G. Miskiewicz

SPECIALIST SESSION

Larval Fish Drawing Techniques Workshop
Convenors: I.M. Suthers. J.M. Leis

A Beginner's Guide to Illustrating Fish Larvae
T . Trnski and J.M. Leis

List of Participants

Workshop Program