The International Congress
on the Biology of Fish
August 1-6, 2004
Manaus, Brazil
The congress will include a Symposium on the
Physiology of Fish Eggs and Larvae.
We are soliciting papers for several sub-themes on
different early life-stages of fish. We are seeking papers in each section
that discuss any aspect of egg/larval biology, including metabolism,
respiration, excretion, growth, development, nutrition, genetics, behavior,
evolution, etc.. In addition, papers are welcome that cover techniques for
investigation into early life-stage physiology, including research and
analysis methods, biotechnology and fish culture techniques.
The sub-themes will be:
1. Formation of eggs
and sperm: processes and control in gametogenesis, variability in egg size
related to parental size, gamete quality evaluation, broodstock management,
sex control, genetic modification
2. Fertilization:
gamete collection, fertility analysis, cryopreservation, impacts of timing
and conditions on egg viability, biochemistry of the fertilization
process, changes in the fertile egg
3. Embryonic
development: rates of metabolism, developmental staging, survival patterns,
optimizing incubator technology, managing natural conditions and constraints
for incubation
4. Metamorphosis: the
transition from an egg to a free-moving and free-feeding form, hatching
dynamics, sac-fry larvae, initiation of feeding, behavior, tissue (gut,
muscle, neural) maturation
5. Species summaries:
we are also looking for overviews for a variety of species, in the form of
summaries of the biological characteristics of the early life stages in the
context of adaptation to the environment in which the animals are found.
We have published several Symposia on related topics
in the Fish Biology Congress series, accessible for free at: www.fishbiologycongress.org
Please contact me as soon as possible if you would
like to participate in this Symposium. The official deadline for title
submission is March 1, 2004, but I would appreciate hearing from you earlier
than that if possible. Look at the Congress website at www.fishbiologycongress.com.br
for details about the location, costs, events etc.
Don MacKinlay
Chair, Fish
Biology Congress
c/o Habitat
& Enhancement Branch
Fisheries
& Oceans Canada
Suite 200 -
401 Burrard Street
Vancouver,
BC V6C 3S4 CANADA
Phone:
604-666-3520; Fax: 604-666-0417
E-mail:
mackinlayd@pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca