• Beth manages the Marine Science Department of Shetland UHI with responsibility for research and development work in the fields of fisheries, marine spatial planning and aquaculture. (researchgate.net)
  • Our data reveals the intercontinental spread of lineage 1 over the last century, concurrent with anthropogenic movement of live fish, feed and ova for aquaculture purposes and stocking of recreational fisheries, whilst lineage 2 appears to have been endemic in wild Eastern Atlantic salmonid stocks prior to commercial activity. (usda.gov)
  • A report prepared in conjunction with the South Pacific Commission Inshore Fisheries Research Project, and the FAO South Pacific Aquaculture Development Project for the Government of Niue, July 1990. (mnhn.fr)
  • Proceedings of the symposium on "Interactions between social, economic and ecological objectives of inland commercial and recreational fisheries and aquaculture, Antalya, Turkey, 21-24 May 2008. (fao.org)
  • The symposium on Interactions between Social, Economic and Ecological Objectives of Inland Commercial and Recreational Fisheries and Aquaculture, was organized in conjunction with the Twenty-Fifth Session of the European Inland Fisheries Advisory Commission (EIFAC) in Antalya, Turkey, from 21 to 24 May 2008. (fao.org)
  • The symposium objectives were: 1) To review the wide range of socio-economic and ecological interactions between fisheries and aquaculture and the roles of various stakeholders with respect to these interactions. (fao.org)
  • 5) To advise EIFAC on appropriate management and development measures and tools for inland fisheries and aquaculture in Europe. (fao.org)
  • The symposium made considerable progress towards understanding the interactions between ecological/environmental and socio-economic/governance objectives for fisheries and aquaculture. (fao.org)
  • There was a broad recognition that inland fisheries and aquaculture need to shift from a sectoral view where they are treated in isolation to an integrated, multidisciplinary systems view. (fao.org)
  • GCFI is partnering with the Dominican Council for Fisheries and Aquaculture (CODOPESCA - Spanish abbreviation), Fundación Grupo Punta Cana, and Reef Check Dominican Republic to host GCFI72. (gcfi.org)
  • It noted that because the Cambodian population relies on fish and fishery products to provide them with 73 per cent of their animal protein intake, aquaculture represents a growing opportunity for improved food security and better nutrition. (phnompenhpost.com)
  • The discipline of fishery science was first recognized more than a century ago as scientists became involved with improving our use of living aquatic resources, protecting waters in which these resources live and/or improving the practice of aquaculture. (findyourfate.com)
  • Fisheries science is a natural resources management or wildlife management career focused on managing fish populations in reservoirs, lakes, rivers, oceans, and/or aquaculture facilities. (findyourfate.com)
  • Fisheries Science graduates will find work at federal and state agencies in wildlife, fish, and natural resource management, as well as in the private sector managing sport and commercial fisheries and fish hatchery operations with consulting firms, reclamation companies, and aquaculture farms. (findyourfate.com)
  • It provides you with a broad field of marine science studies where you can select a major in either ocean, fisheries and aquaculture sciences or sustainable marine management. (edu.au)
  • We work with many government agencies including the Victorian Fisheries Authority, Parks Victoria, Department of Energy, Environment and Climate Action, and local water and catchment management authorities in addition to industries such as those involved in aquaculture. (edu.au)
  • Most career opportunities in fisheries science are in the government and academic sectors, although in recent years private businesses, research firms and aquaculture businesses offer increasingly diverse career choices. (umd.edu)
  • The UK's Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science ( Cefas ) and Liquid Robotics , A Boeing Company, USA, have successfully deployed, tested and recovered a remotely piloted Wave Glider , which was adapted to allow scientists to collect high-quality broadband fisheries acoustics data. (hydro-international.com)
  • Need is the mother of invention, and that's what is driving much of this research," said Jesse Chappell, a member of the group and associate professor and Alabama Extension specialist in the College of Agriculture's School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences. (feedstuffs.com)
  • We've put together a multidisciplinary team from across campus to cover every aspect of a multi-trophic system of aquaculture production," Chappell said. (feedstuffs.com)
  • In addition to Chappell, members of the team include School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences professor Terry Hanson, department of poultry science professor Tung-shi Huang, department of horticulture assistant professor Daniel Wells, department of biosystems engineering assistant professor David Blersch and director of campus dining Glenn Loughridge. (feedstuffs.com)
  • Research within the Centre for Sustainable Tropical Fisheries and Aquaculture (CSTFA) focuses not only on the aquatic and aquaculture systems that produce food, but also the industries and communities that utilise them. (edu.au)
  • Research which enables fisheries, aquaculture and Australian quarantine to make informed decisions in regards to stock structure, disease management and import regulations. (edu.au)
  • The overall aim of the VCA4D project is to inform decision makers on smart investments in agriculture, fisheries and aquaculture value chains by generating quantitative data and evidence-based indicators on the sustainability of these value chains from an economic, social and environmental perspective. (kit.nl)
  • The fisheries sub-sector of aquaculture-i.e., the pisciculture industry, contributes significantly to a country's economy, employing a sizable proportion of the population. (bvsalud.org)
  • Consequently, to find effective solutions for the prevention and control of the major diseases limiting fish production in aquaculture, multidisciplinary studies on the traits of potential fish pathogens, the biology of the fish as hosts, and an adequate understanding of the global environmental factors are fundamental. (bvsalud.org)
  • The data presented, which are all freely available, are meant to support stock assessment and the development of sustainable ecosystem-based fisheries policies. (ifop.cl)
  • The results of this project can be directly linked to better protect marine ecosystems, preserve biodiversity and contribute to the sustainable development of fisheries. (europa.eu)
  • The Fisheries Administration (FiA) and the French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD) signed a contract worth $4.2 million for the development of fish hatcheries in local fish farms and research on ecological intensification. (phnompenhpost.com)
  • IRD is a multidisciplinary French public research organisation that claims its priorities are in line with the implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), with the ambition to support development policies and the design of solutions adapted to the local challenges faced by populations in the southern hemisphere. (phnompenhpost.com)
  • The research group Aquatic Ecology studies, among other things, climate change effects on aquatic systems, regime shifts in shallow lakes, dispersal, and migration of aquatic organisms, population genetics, predator-prey interactions, effects of pesticides and endocrine disruptors and sustainable fisheries. (lu.se)
  • After presenting the new species to the American Fisheries Society and submitting a formal species description for publication, Mike Tringali and his team must wait for final approval, which he said could take up to a year, although he doesn't see any dams ahead that would slow the flow of that process. (wikipedia.org)
  • This Occasional Paper in conjunction with a special issue of Fisheries Management and Ecology represents the proceedings of the symposium. (fao.org)
  • Research activities range from studies of molecular mechanisms to fisheries ecology, chemical pollutants, or economics of environmental impact. (umd.edu)
  • My research interests concerns broadly aquatic ecology ranging from basic research question within behavioral and food web ecology to applied issues in fisheries biology and water management. (lu.se)
  • Resources range from molecules to vertebrates and ecosystems, with emphasis on marine fisheries. (uit.no)
  • Marine fisheries and the ecosystems that sustain them are increasingly beset by environmental deterioration, and the problem is particularly acute in coastal zones where human populations are increasing. (alr-journal.org)
  • The CRCP brings together expertise from across NOAA for a multidisciplinary approach to managing and understanding coral reef ecosystems. (noaa.gov)
  • We bring together expertise from across NOAA for a multidisciplinary approach to conserving coral reef ecosystems, conducting active coral reef restoration, and addressing existing and emerging threats. (noaa.gov)
  • However, it is also involved with developing and improving fishing gears and operations with an aim to increasing the sustainability, efficiency and profitability of the fishery. (findyourfate.com)
  • Researchers work to maximise the social, environmental and economic benefits of wild fisheries and ensure the long-term sustainability of aquatic resources in Australia and the tropics worldwide. (edu.au)
  • Of the total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for food production, only 4 % are attributed to wild capture fisheries. (researchgate.net)
  • Fisheries graduates have a good record of finding work in their chosen fields relating to capture fisheries, culture fisheries, fisheries administration and management or research and can be anywhere in the world ranging from the poles to the tropics. (findyourfate.com)
  • Zambian capture fisheries are operating at a fully exploited or over-exploited level. (kit.nl)
  • The Centre's multidisciplinary teams can address implementation issues related to all aspects of agriculture and rural development including infrastructure and irrigation, agriculture, livestock, fisheries, forestry, etc. (fao.org)
  • Established in 1998, the CRMI collaboration continued to develop solutions to difficult multidisciplinary problems in resource management by providing an environment where personnel from different agencies, such as those responsible for forestry, fisheries, water, and wildlife management, can collaborate with SFU faculty, graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, and research associates. (sfu.ca)
  • This review identified 103 articles consisting of 374 property regime studies: 55% of the studies related to forestry, 31% to fisheries, and 14% to rangelands. (environmentalevidence.org)
  • In this project, we plan to use a multidisciplinary approach, including biology, physics and human-dimensions analyses, to simultaneously analyse the spatial behaviour of fish and fishers to assess the dynamics of fisher searches. (europa.eu)
  • Most college programs related to fishery or marine biology state that jobs are very competitive, especially for federal or state government positions. (fisheries.org)
  • If a potential student is bright enough to enter the fisheries biology, why not go into a profession that will clearly be of benefit to and understood by their community. (fisheries.org)
  • To most people, if you're smart enough to succeed in fisheries biology, then why not go into the medical or legal professions, or for that matter, become a rocket scientist. (fisheries.org)
  • Belgium's new research vessel Belgica is multidisciplinary and is able to perform various research disciplines (fisheries, biology, chemistry, …) It is equipped with state-of-the-art scientific materials. (egmontinstitute.be)
  • The multidisciplinary centre spans biological, ecological, geological and technological aspects of the deep-sea through extensive scientific exploration. (edu.au)
  • The School of Biological Sciences is a large, multidisciplinary School with research and teaching focused on understanding and conserving life on Earth. (edu.au)
  • Covers all aspects of the multidisciplinary field of aquatic sciences. (sources.com)
  • I earned a B.S. in Zoology at the U of WI-Madison Center for Limnology and then earned both a M.S. and Ph.D. in Fisheries Science from the U of WA-Seattle School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences. (alaskapacific.edu)
  • What are the environmental impacts of property rights regimes in forests, fisheries and rangelands? (environmentalevidence.org)
  • We conducted a systematic review following CEE Guidelines in which we collected empirical evidence from the past two decades on the environmental impacts of property rights regimes in fisheries, forests and rangelands in developing countries. (environmentalevidence.org)
  • We will ask the following questions: a) What are the environmental impacts of different property regimes in forests, fisheries, and rangelands? (environmentalevidence.org)
  • We will assess current knowledge of the environmental impacts of property rights regimes in three resource systems in developing countries: forests, fisheries and rangelands. (environmentalevidence.org)
  • Thus, we need approaches that better approximate the complicated dynamics between environmental conditions, fishery impacts, and multi-species interactions. (alr-journal.org)
  • My colleagues and I have used this approach, combined with targeted experimental work, to explore the impacts of nursery habitat deterioration, coastal freshwater management, and fishery activities on Caribbean spiny lobster populations and sponge community structure in the Florida Keys, Florida (USA). (alr-journal.org)
  • I've been focusing on multi-disciplinary approaches to investigating the connectivity of shared fisheries resources. (www.csiro.au)
  • These results, which speak to the unreliability of officially reported fisheries statistics, provide the first example of fisheries catch estimates from space, and point to the potential for remote-sensing approaches to validate catch statistics and fisheries operations in general. (thefishsite.com)
  • In more recent years my focus has been on multidisciplinary approaches to fisheries issues where I am studying the seal-fisheries interaction in coastal areas of the Baltic sea and the recent increase in round goby, an invasive benthic fish species in many areas of the world including the Baltic sea. (lu.se)
  • Therefore, evaluating the fishers' perception of bycatch and comparing it with data from scientific fisheries observers might provide a broader view of the current situation these species face. (frontiersin.org)
  • Given the different responses between fisheries observers and fishers' perception, it is clear that more dialogue is necessary to raise awareness about the effects of bycatch on worldwide sea turtle populations. (frontiersin.org)
  • Overexploitation of world's largest fisheries has been ascribed to a poor understanding of the dynamics of fishers. (europa.eu)
  • We will also evaluate socially related elements by testing different competition processes that could explain the observed sub-optimal searches performed by fishers in many fisheries. (europa.eu)
  • Her research has focussed on improving marine resource management and fisheries, particularly in relation to threatened, endangered and protected species. (www.csiro.au)
  • This research directly helps to sustainably manage local and international fisheries," Karen says. (www.csiro.au)
  • Fisheries Engineer with great ability to lead multidisciplinary research projects. (ifop.cl)
  • Fisheries Engineer, who is part of the Hydroacoustic research group based at IFOP (Instituto de Fomento Pesquero). (ifop.cl)
  • Her research is oriented to the study of the abundance, distribution and behavior of several species of Chile as pelagic and Demersal fisheries( Sprattus fueguensis , sardine, anchovy, jack mackerel, southern hake, southern blue whiting and hoki), through surveys that use acoustic and fishing systems as a sampling tool. (ifop.cl)
  • Research Bulletin No. 41, Research Section, Dept. of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Papua New Guinea. (mnhn.fr)
  • After this RVF outbreak in March 2016, a multidisciplinary investigation was initiated in coordination with the Uganda Ministry of Health, Uganda Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries, the Uganda Virus Research Institute, and CDC. (cdc.gov)
  • True multidisciplinary collaboration is at the heart of what is now known as the Nepal Water Initiative (NWI), a research effort led by scientists and scholars from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science (VIMS) , the Global Research Institute (GRI) , the Institute for Integrative Conservation (IIC) , and the Religious Studies Department . (vims.edu)
  • The Institute brings together expertise in resource management on the SFU Burnaby campus and enables new opportunities for multidisciplinary, collaborative research programs. (sfu.ca)
  • This section of the DFO carries out research and provides advice relating to freshwater habitat and fisheries resources within Canada's Pacific region. (sfu.ca)
  • Future research on property rights regimes would benefit from more rigorous study designs and more cohesive multidisciplinary research methods. (environmentalevidence.org)
  • As such, I maintain a multidisciplinary research program that spans ecological topics-including population abundance assessment, demography, population dynamics modeling, species distribution modeling, and statistical genetics-and socioeconomic topics-including risk assessment and risk management in fisheries. (alaskapacific.edu)
  • a research and teaching facility located on Swan Bay in Queenscliff and shared with the Victorian Fisheries Authority. (edu.au)
  • The NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program (CRCP) is a partnership between the NOAA Line Offices that work on coral reef issues: the National Ocean Service, the National Marine Fisheries Service, the Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research, and the National Environmental Satellite, Data and Information Service. (noaa.gov)
  • Multidisciplinary collaborations between our researchers provide the synergies to address substantial research problems in a way that individual research groups cannot. (edu.au)
  • Annual disease monitoring in saiga antelopes had been established after die-offs occurred in western Kazakhstan in 2010, and an international multidisciplinary research team was on the ground at the time of the die-off, performing routine surveillance ( 3 , 4 ). (cdc.gov)
  • The aim of this work was to gather together all the available information on fishing activity (location, landings, and value) and important habitat information for key species listed to create a series of maps for the N&EC RIFG to integrate into their management plan.Five Regional Inshore Fisheries Groups (RIFGs) have been established around Scotla. (researchgate.net)
  • Fisheries Engineer, specialized in spatial distribution of fishery resources, information management and SIG hydroacoustic evaluations. (ifop.cl)
  • Smith, A. and P. Dalzell,1993 Fisheries resources and management investigations in Woleai Atoll, Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia. (mnhn.fr)
  • One of the current core strengths of CRMI is the study and management of fish and fisheries. (sfu.ca)
  • The federal department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) is a management agency that has located several of its Salmon Assessment and Freshwater Ecosystem Division staff full time on campus in the CRMI. (sfu.ca)
  • These results may help improve fishing mortality estimations and therefore fisheries management that could be generalised to worldwide fisheries. (europa.eu)
  • The results of these studies have shown that fishing has extracted far more marine resources than previously estimated, and provided critical insights for fisheries management. (thefishsite.com)
  • The working definition of fisheries management from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations is, "the integrated process of information gathering, analysis, planning, consultation, decision making, allocation of resources and formulation and implementation, with enforcement as necessary, of regulations or rules which govern fisheries activities to ensure the continued productivity of the resources and the accomplishment of other fisheries objectives" (FAO 1997:7). (fisheries.org)
  • The truth is that fisheries science and management have at their heart providing healthy fish populations. (fisheries.org)
  • A sociologial survey, a biophysucal study and in-depth interviews with migrants and leaders of fisheries management institutions was conducted. (cmi.no)
  • Fisheries management policies must therefore take into account processes that lie beyond the influence of local fishermen. (cmi.no)
  • In the best of circumstances, fishery managers are faced with the multiple, often conflicting, demands of resource users, politicians, and scientists when considering strategies for resource management. (alr-journal.org)
  • Fisheries scientists study populations and communities of aquatic resources, their responses to exploitation, and changes in environmental conditions, and their management. (umd.edu)
  • Freely available global satellite imagery via Google Earth has been a valuable multidisciplinary tool for examining a number of questions including ecological theory (Hughes et al. (thefishsite.com)
  • Black bass diversity: multidisciplinary science for conservation. (wikipedia.org)
  • FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. (mnhn.fr)
  • Fisheries Science Services carries out fisheries surveys in the waters which collect extensive data for both national and international stock assessments of the main commercial species of fish and shellfish. (findyourfate.com)
  • This can alter the goods and services that coral reefs provide by changing the species compositions of fish and potentially reducing reef fisheries productivity, and consequently harming reef-dependent people. (thefishsite.com)
  • 2005). However, their contribution to catches may be assessed erroneously for reasons related to their mode of operation (as a passive gear, they are lumped with the often neglected small-scale fisheries), ownership (e.g. tribal), and traditional forms of governance. (thefishsite.com)
  • 2017 "Placing Fisheries Recovery in the Ecosystem context" with the use of EwE: ECOPATH & ECOSIM. (ifop.cl)
  • Banga (2017) defines fisheries science as "the academic discipline of managing and understanding fisheries. (fisheries.org)
  • According to BLS (2017), in 2016 there were 65 professions that were similar to fisheries biologist in expected earnings with a B.S. degree, including dietitians, foresters, geographers, middle and high school teachers, and nurse practitioners. (fisheries.org)
  • Along with engineers, there were 63 professions that could expect to earn more than fisheries biologists with a B.S. degree, including education administrators, sales representatives, hydrologists, construction managers, and computer analysts (BLS 2017). (fisheries.org)
  • Dr David Pearce, Cefas Head of Profession, Marine Observations Systems and in command of this mission said: "When Cefas purchased Lyra, the fisheries acoustics application was the one that stood out as very technically challenging but with potential to collect important data in a cost-effective way. (hydro-international.com)
  • Dr Jeroen van der Kooij, Cefas Pelagic Fisheries Scientists added: "After seeing the preliminary data we collected, I am extremely excited about the future for autonomous vehicles, such as the Wave Glider, for providing valuable zooplankton and fisheries data to help meet our future scientific and monitoring requirements. (hydro-international.com)
  • Fisheries professionals most typically manage sport and commercial fisheries and fish hatchery operations, often addressing the difficult issue of how to maintain the delicate balance of having a healthy aquatic ecosystem while still allowing people to go fishing. (findyourfate.com)
  • Fisheries Engineer, whose work focuses on the evaluation of fishery resources utilizing direct evaluation methods, specializing in technical and hydroacoustic, with interest in statistical and inter-relationships topics between the environment and resources. (ifop.cl)
  • 2010 Training Course: Fishery Resources Assessment using hydroacoustic methods. (ifop.cl)
  • Dalzell, P., S.R. Lindsay and H. Patiale,1991 Fisheries resources survey of the Island of Niue. (mnhn.fr)
  • The Department of Fisheries and Wildlife in the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources (CANR) at Michigan State University (MSU) invites applications for Chairperson. (chronicle.com)
  • The Department of Fisheries and Wildlife has a diversity of faculty and staff members who have a demonstrated commitment to advance the frontiers of scientific discovery and prepare the next generation of natural resources leaders through engaged learning and outreach. (chronicle.com)
  • The Marine Living Resources Bill ('the Bill') [B94-97] proposes the repeal of the Sea Fishery Act. (pmg.org.za)
  • The Fisheries Policy is founded on the belief that all natural marine living resources of South Africa, as well as the environment in which they exist and in which mariculture activities may occur, are a national asset and the heritage of all its people, and should be managed and developed for the benefit of present and future generations in the country as a whole. (pmg.org.za)
  • Having a large marine territory, Bangladesh is blessed with multiple sea resources for example fisheries, minerals, gas, oil and many more. (sust.edu)
  • The study suggests that relationships between population dynamics and fishery resources are more complex than the concept of Malthusian overfishing implies. (cmi.no)
  • and institutions regulating fishery resource and economic changes on migration rather than population pressure on fishery resources. (cmi.no)
  • Resources exploited can be anything from diamonds, timber, and charcoal to wildlife such as ivory and fisheries. (lu.se)
  • 2007 International Course: "Acoustics Applied to fisheries" acoustics. (ifop.cl)
  • Thus, we have to study ocean properly and oceanography is a multidisciplinary subject that studies physical, chemical, geological and biological processes of the oceans. (sust.edu)
  • In tropical reef fisheries, exposure can vary depending on factors such as oceanographic conditions, prevailing winds, and latitude, which can increase the likelihood of being impacted by events such as cyclones or coral bleaching. (thefishsite.com)
  • Integrating these biological factors with political, social, and economic factors requires us to examine a multidisciplinary approach to caribou recovery. (cmiae.org)
  • The observers' results identified that high rates of incidental capture of sea turtles are associated with the mahi mahi fishery that occurs during winter and is a shallow set fishery using fish as bait. (frontiersin.org)
  • To manage our fisheries in the face of changing climate, scientists cannot just count the number of fish in the ocean. (ucsd.edu)
  • The Wireless Solutions for Fisheries in Senegal (WISE) project, funded by the Qualcomm® Wireless Reach™ initiative, is designed to enhance the competitive advantage of artisanal fishermen and fish processors through mobile technologies. (fhi360.org)
  • To engage with agriculture and fisheries on the promotion of, accessibility and affordability of preferably fresh fish, fruit and vegetables. (who.int)
  • Also participating will be NOAA's Southwest Fisheries Science Center in La Jolla and the non-profit Environmental Law Institute. (ucsd.edu)
  • Fishery biologists (managers and scientists) require advanced education that includes a bachelor's or master's degree or a Ph.D., depending on the position they seek. (fisheries.org)
  • The 72nd annual conference of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute will be held at the Now Larimar in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic from 4-8 November 2019. (gcfi.org)
  • Global fisheries are overexploited worldwide, yet crucial catch statistics reported to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) by member countries remain unreliable. (thefishsite.com)
  • Statistics submitted annually by member countries to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) frequently neglect or under-report the contribution of small-scale fisheries, as well as illegal catches and discards (Zeller et al. (thefishsite.com)
  • 2Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Muscat, Oman. (who.int)
  • We found that property regime comparisons differed across resource domains with, for example, the majority of fisheries studies using comparison to an open access situation while forest and rangeland studies were more mixed in regime comparisons. (environmentalevidence.org)
  • SCALE+ is a systems methodology to accelerate broad stakeholder engagement in sustained collaborative action to address a complex, multidisciplinary development issue. (fhi360.org)
  • Work team that is devoted to assess with hydroacoustic method the biomass and abundance of the most important Fisheries inshore and offshore zone of Chile. (ifop.cl)
  • This report describes an assessment of the development and implementation of the Wireless Solutions for Fisheries in Senegal (WISE) project. (fhi360.org)
  • Generally, a fisheries scientist's role is to add to and utilize scientific knowledge of a fishery in order to obtain optimum benefits to society whilst securing the long-term protection of the resource and the environment in which it lives. (findyourfate.com)
  • Fisheries bycatch is a primary driver of population declines in marine megafauna. (frontiersin.org)
  • We adopt a multidisciplinary approach to exploring selective processes acting on the morphological and life-history traits of whole organisms and their gametes. (edu.au)