Download or read book Biology and Ecology of Sardines and Anchovies written by Konstantinos Ganias and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2014-03-14 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Apart from being commercially and socially significant, anchovies and sardines populations occupy crucial positions in the oceans' ecosystems. Low in the food chain, clupeoids tend towards abundance, as if their purpose in life was to be eaten and fuel the upper levels of marine trophic chains. The present book covers a broad spectrum of topics on