East China Sea Continental Shelf Biological Resources and Environment

Author: Zheng Yuanjia
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Publish Date: 2003-12-01
Features: The content of this book is divided into four parts. Part I Introduction, briefly introduces the significance, main methods, achievements of the biological resource survey of the East China Sea continental shelf, and the main issues facing marine fisheries; Part II Marine Environment, consisting of nine chapters, provides a detailed introduction to climatic characteristics, marine hydrology, seawater chemistry, primary productivity, phytoplankton, zooplankton, fish eggs and larvae, benthic organisms, and a comprehensive evaluation of fishery resource habitats; Part III Species Composition, Density Distribution, Resource Assessment, and Major Species of Fishery Resources, comprising seven chapters, respectively introduces the species composition of fish, resource density distribution, resource assessment, as well as the migration, resource density distribution, biology, and fishery status of major species in middle and upper water layers, bottom fish, crustaceans, and cephalopods; Part IV Current Status and Sustainable Utilization of Fishery Resources, consisting of four chapters, primarily elaborates on the evaluation of fishery resources in the exclusive economic zone and continental shelf of the East China Sea, the resource assessment of major fish species, the management and sustainable utilization of fishery sea areas, and the current status and sustainable utilization of fishery resource management. The appendix lists the species of fish, crustaceans, and cephalopods along with their distribution and temperature preferences, as well as the species of phytoplankton, zooplankton, benthic organisms, fish eggs, and larvae with their seasonal distribution.