Jacobs, A., Doran, C., Murray, D.S., Duffill Telsnig, J., Laskowski, K.L., Jones, N.A.R., Auer, S.K. and Praebel, K. (2018) On the challenges and opportunities facing fish biology: a discussion of five key knowledge gaps. Journal of Fish Biology, 92(3), pp. 690-698. (doi: 10.1111/jfb.13545) (PMID:29537088)
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Abstract
Many fish species face increasing challenges associated with climate change and overfishing. At the same time, aquaculture is becoming vital for food security. Gaining a deeper understanding of the basic biology of fish is therefore more important than ever. Here we synthesize and summarize key questions, opportunities and challenges in fish biology highlighted during a round‐table discussion at the 50th Anniversary Symposium of The Fisheries Society of the British Isles, held at the University of Exeter, U.K., in July 2017. We identified several knowledge gaps but also key opportunities for fish biology to inform food security, for collective behaviour, evolutionary history and trait correlations to predict responses to environmental change and for novel analytical approaches to mine existing data sets. Overall, more integrative approaches through stronger collaborations across different fields are needed to advance our understanding of the basic biology of fish.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Additional Information: | A.J. was supported by an FSBI conference registration bursary, N.J. is supported by an FSBI studentship, J.D.T is supported by NERC and Cefas, K.L.L. is supported by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (LA 3778/1-1) and D.S.M. is supported by BBSRC. |
| Status: | Published |
| Refereed: | Yes |
| Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: | Jacobs, Arne and Auer, Dr Sonya |
| Authors: | Jacobs, A., Doran, C., Murray, D.S., Duffill Telsnig, J., Laskowski, K.L., Jones, N.A.R., Auer, S.K., and Praebel, K. |
| College/School: | College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Biodiversity, One Health & Veterinary Medicine |
| Journal Name: | Journal of Fish Biology |
| Publisher: | Wiley |
| ISSN: | 0022-1112 |
| ISSN (Online): | 1095-8649 |
| Published Online: | 14 March 2018 |
| Copyright Holders: | Copyright © 2018 The Fisheries Society of the British Isles |
| First Published: | First published in Journal of Fish Biology 92(3): 690-698 |
| Publisher Policy: | Reproduced in accordance with the publisher copyright policy |
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