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Fisheries Research 59 (2002) 301±302
Shorter notices Metal Toxicity to Fish B. Jezierska and M. Witeska (Eds.); University of Podlasie Publishers, Siedlce, Poland, 2001, 318 pages, paperback, ISSN 08-60-2719, US$ 20 The effect of metals on aquatic organisms has been widely covered in the scienti®c literature in recent years. This book aims to review and summarise the data on metal toxicity to ®sh published over roughly the last 3 decades. It begins with a general consideration of metals in the aquatic environment and proceeds to deal with their effects on ®sh behaviour, and on breeding and development. The accumulation of metals in ®sh, and the relevance of this to chemical form are covered. Later chapters discuss metalinduced disturbances on various organs, including gills, liver, kidneys, nervous system, muscles and skeleton, and its effects on blood and cellular metabolism are dealt with in detail. The text is based on as many as 927 references, but has a much narrower focus than the title would suggest, since it deals largely with freshwater situations. Indeed, although there is some discussion on salinity, the whole book shows a curious lack of awareness of the vital differences between fresh and marine waters in the context of toxicity. This bias is well demonstrated by the table recording whole body metal concentrations in ®sh, where of 225 entries, only 16 refer to the sea. The reference list also is sadly lacking in marine coverage. Thus although the Marine Pollution Bulletin has published many hundreds of papers in the past few decades on metal toxicity and several important special issues, there is not a single citation of that journal. Finally, the last section consists of 29 pages of tables, summarising for each metal the topics covered by the various cited publications. A useful addition would have been a list of the species referred to, along with their common names and their habitats. In the text, only the scienti®c names are given, and many readers
will be unfamiliar with them. A rounding-off chapter examining the threats of metals to ®sh stocks and to consumers of ®sh would have been welcome, but the authors probably felt this was outside their scope. However, in spite of these limitations, the book does provide a useful review, and in particular, gives a good coverage of work in eastern Europe. Ocean Yearbook 14 E.M. Borgese, A. Chircop, M. McConnell and J.R. Morgan (Eds.); University of Chicago Press, 2000, 987 pages, hardback, ISBN 0-226-06617-7, US$ 97 The Ocean Yearbook has been published more or less annually since 1978. It is a compendium of articles, reviews, documents and reference materials on issues relevant to the world's oceans. The latest volume is divided into two parts. The ®rst, rather more than half the book, contains seven sections with 18 articles dealing with various legal issues, living and non-living resources, transportation and communications, environment and coastal management, security and military activities, and regional developments. The articles of most interest to readers of ``Fisheries Research'' will be the ®ve in the section on Living Resources which includes discussion of co-management with examples from Japan, Belize, Ecuador, and South Africa, as well as an examination of small-scale ®sheries of Bangladesh and subsistence ®sheries in the South Paci®c, along with an essay on the problem of uncertainty in international ®sheries management. Also, the section on Regional Developments carries an extensive pro®le on the environment and ecology of the Black Sea, and a comprehensive review of the southern ocean, highlighting its interrelated nature and its vulnerability to human interference. In addition, there is a paper on the Global Environmental Facility, and its operational strategy in the area of biodiversity and international waters, and a long and detailed
0165-7836/02/$ ± see front matter # 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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account of integrated coastal zone management in Atlantic Canada. The second half of the book is totally different. It consists of 18 appendices, which reprint reports from various organisations ranging from international bodies such as UN agencies to national institutes such as the Fridtjof Nansen Institute of Norway, and documents and proceedings of meetings. The basis on which these items were selected is not obvious, appearing to be quite arbitrary, and this comment applies also to the articles in the ®rst part of the book. Indeed, it may be thought that the Ocean Yearbook would be better published as a quarterly magazine rather than as a hardback annual. However, the collection of its volumes on a library shelf will constitute a valuable information source, and the cumulative index in the latest book, covering the ®rst 10 volumes, will be of great assistance in locating items of interest. Fish Hatchery Management Second Edition, G.A. Wedemeyer (Ed.); American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, MA, 2001, 751 pages, paperback, ISBN 0-85199-627-2, £ 45 Fish hatcheries serve a diversity of interests, but particularly they are concerned with the stocking of natural waters for recreational, enhancement, or restorative purposes, and with the production of food ®sh. This book is the second edition of one previously published in 1982, and the new publication was stimulated by the American Fisheries Society which set up a steering group to conduct a national survey of interested individuals from federal and state agencies and from the private sector to provide guidelines for the content of the volume, and to identify authors. Given such a background, a useful outcome would be expected and this book lives up to that expectation. The
21 contributors, mostly from the US, address the full range of relevant topics, beginning with a historical introduction and an account of production covering intensive, semi-intensive and extensive systems, as well as static versus ¯owing methods. The next four chapters deal with water supply and treatment, open systems (bringing in considerations of producing ®sh for release to the natural environment), semi-controlled systems (ponds, raceways, cages, and net pens), and controlled systems involving water reuse and recirculation. There is a substantial chapter on brood-stock management, the author of which seems to consider that all brood-stock managers are women, which may account for the style of his (her?) presentation. Interestingly, my American computer tried to replace the word ``broodstock'' with either ``broomstick'' or ``breadstick'', unless I used a hyphen. Nutrition and feeding are accorded appropriate attention, and also ®sh health, with all the main diseases noted. There is a useful chapter on ®sh transportation, and the subject of stocking is brie¯y covered. Finally, there is an overview of business management concepts and processes. The focus of the book, as indicated clearly in the title, is on management. It provides much practical information which will be of direct use to professionals involved in this ®eld, but will also serve as a comprehensive introduction for the novice. It is good to see such a valuable book published at a reasonable price. A.D. McIntyre Department of Zoology, University of Aberdeen Tillydrone Avenue, AB24 2TZ Aberdeen, UK Tel.: 44-1224-645633; fax: 44-1224-620656 E-mail address: [email protected] (A.D. McIntyre) PII: S 0 1 6 5 - 7 8 3 6 ( 0 2 ) 0 0 1 3 1 - 5
Shorter notices Metal Toxicity to Fish B. Jezierska and M. Witeska (Eds.); University of Podlasie Publishers, Siedlce, Poland, 2001, 318 pages, paperback, ISSN 08-60-2719, US$ 20 The effect of metals on aquatic organisms has been widely covered in the scienti®c literature in recent years. This book aims to review and summarise the data on metal toxicity to ®sh published over roughly the last 3 decades. It begins with a general consideration of metals in the aquatic environment and proceeds to deal with their effects on ®sh behaviour, and on breeding and development. The accumulation of metals in ®sh, and the relevance of this to chemical form are covered. Later chapters discuss metalinduced disturbances on various organs, including gills, liver, kidneys, nervous system, muscles and skeleton, and its effects on blood and cellular metabolism are dealt with in detail. The text is based on as many as 927 references, but has a much narrower focus than the title would suggest, since it deals largely with freshwater situations. Indeed, although there is some discussion on salinity, the whole book shows a curious lack of awareness of the vital differences between fresh and marine waters in the context of toxicity. This bias is well demonstrated by the table recording whole body metal concentrations in ®sh, where of 225 entries, only 16 refer to the sea. The reference list also is sadly lacking in marine coverage. Thus although the Marine Pollution Bulletin has published many hundreds of papers in the past few decades on metal toxicity and several important special issues, there is not a single citation of that journal. Finally, the last section consists of 29 pages of tables, summarising for each metal the topics covered by the various cited publications. A useful addition would have been a list of the species referred to, along with their common names and their habitats. In the text, only the scienti®c names are given, and many readers
will be unfamiliar with them. A rounding-off chapter examining the threats of metals to ®sh stocks and to consumers of ®sh would have been welcome, but the authors probably felt this was outside their scope. However, in spite of these limitations, the book does provide a useful review, and in particular, gives a good coverage of work in eastern Europe. Ocean Yearbook 14 E.M. Borgese, A. Chircop, M. McConnell and J.R. Morgan (Eds.); University of Chicago Press, 2000, 987 pages, hardback, ISBN 0-226-06617-7, US$ 97 The Ocean Yearbook has been published more or less annually since 1978. It is a compendium of articles, reviews, documents and reference materials on issues relevant to the world's oceans. The latest volume is divided into two parts. The ®rst, rather more than half the book, contains seven sections with 18 articles dealing with various legal issues, living and non-living resources, transportation and communications, environment and coastal management, security and military activities, and regional developments. The articles of most interest to readers of ``Fisheries Research'' will be the ®ve in the section on Living Resources which includes discussion of co-management with examples from Japan, Belize, Ecuador, and South Africa, as well as an examination of small-scale ®sheries of Bangladesh and subsistence ®sheries in the South Paci®c, along with an essay on the problem of uncertainty in international ®sheries management. Also, the section on Regional Developments carries an extensive pro®le on the environment and ecology of the Black Sea, and a comprehensive review of the southern ocean, highlighting its interrelated nature and its vulnerability to human interference. In addition, there is a paper on the Global Environmental Facility, and its operational strategy in the area of biodiversity and international waters, and a long and detailed
0165-7836/02/$ ± see front matter # 2002 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
302
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account of integrated coastal zone management in Atlantic Canada. The second half of the book is totally different. It consists of 18 appendices, which reprint reports from various organisations ranging from international bodies such as UN agencies to national institutes such as the Fridtjof Nansen Institute of Norway, and documents and proceedings of meetings. The basis on which these items were selected is not obvious, appearing to be quite arbitrary, and this comment applies also to the articles in the ®rst part of the book. Indeed, it may be thought that the Ocean Yearbook would be better published as a quarterly magazine rather than as a hardback annual. However, the collection of its volumes on a library shelf will constitute a valuable information source, and the cumulative index in the latest book, covering the ®rst 10 volumes, will be of great assistance in locating items of interest. Fish Hatchery Management Second Edition, G.A. Wedemeyer (Ed.); American Fisheries Society, Bethesda, MA, 2001, 751 pages, paperback, ISBN 0-85199-627-2, £ 45 Fish hatcheries serve a diversity of interests, but particularly they are concerned with the stocking of natural waters for recreational, enhancement, or restorative purposes, and with the production of food ®sh. This book is the second edition of one previously published in 1982, and the new publication was stimulated by the American Fisheries Society which set up a steering group to conduct a national survey of interested individuals from federal and state agencies and from the private sector to provide guidelines for the content of the volume, and to identify authors. Given such a background, a useful outcome would be expected and this book lives up to that expectation. The
21 contributors, mostly from the US, address the full range of relevant topics, beginning with a historical introduction and an account of production covering intensive, semi-intensive and extensive systems, as well as static versus ¯owing methods. The next four chapters deal with water supply and treatment, open systems (bringing in considerations of producing ®sh for release to the natural environment), semi-controlled systems (ponds, raceways, cages, and net pens), and controlled systems involving water reuse and recirculation. There is a substantial chapter on brood-stock management, the author of which seems to consider that all brood-stock managers are women, which may account for the style of his (her?) presentation. Interestingly, my American computer tried to replace the word ``broodstock'' with either ``broomstick'' or ``breadstick'', unless I used a hyphen. Nutrition and feeding are accorded appropriate attention, and also ®sh health, with all the main diseases noted. There is a useful chapter on ®sh transportation, and the subject of stocking is brie¯y covered. Finally, there is an overview of business management concepts and processes. The focus of the book, as indicated clearly in the title, is on management. It provides much practical information which will be of direct use to professionals involved in this ®eld, but will also serve as a comprehensive introduction for the novice. It is good to see such a valuable book published at a reasonable price. A.D. McIntyre Department of Zoology, University of Aberdeen Tillydrone Avenue, AB24 2TZ Aberdeen, UK Tel.: 44-1224-645633; fax: 44-1224-620656 E-mail address: [email protected] (A.D. McIntyre) PII: S 0 1 6 5 - 7 8 3 6 ( 0 2 ) 0 0 1 3 1 - 5