Steven J Cooke is Assistant Professor in Environmental Science and Biology and Director of the Fish Ecology and Conservation Physiology Laboratory, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada David P Philipp is Principal Scientist at the Illinois Natural History Survey and is a Professor in three departments at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

• Introduction - Diversity of centrarchid fishes. Ecomorphology.Phylogenetic relationships and genetics.Hybridization.Reproduction and parental care.Alternative reproductive tactics and sociobiology.Early life history and recruitment.Feeding, nutrition, and growth.Population and community ecology.Movement and migrations.Bioenergetics.Organismal performance, tolerances, and physiological constraints.Winter ecology of centrarchid fish.Immunocompetancy and disease.Issues in centrarchid aquaculture.Issues in centrarchid management and conservation.Patterns in centrarchid ecological diversity – conclusions and a research agenda

Steven J Cooke is Assistant Professor in Environmental Science and Biology and Director of the Fish Ecology and Conservation Physiology Laboratory, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada David P Philipp is Principal Scientist at the Illinois Natural History Survey and is a Professor in three departments at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

• Introduction - Diversity of centrarchid fishes. Ecomorphology.Phylogenetic relationships and genetics.Hybridization.Reproduction and parental care.Alternative reproductive tactics and sociobiology.Early life history and recruitment.Feeding, nutrition, and growth.Population and community ecology.Movement and migrations.Bioenergetics.Organismal performance, tolerances, and physiological constraints.Winter ecology of centrarchid fish.Immunocompetancy and disease.Issues in centrarchid aquaculture.Issues in centrarchid management and conservation.Patterns in centrarchid ecological diversity – conclusions and a research agenda

Steven J Cooke is Assistant Professor in Environmental Science and Biology and Director of the Fish Ecology and Conservation Physiology Laboratory, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada David P Philipp is Principal Scientist at the Illinois Natural History Survey and is a Professor in three departments at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA

• Introduction - Diversity of centrarchid fishes. Ecomorphology.Phylogenetic relationships and genetics.Hybridization.Reproduction and parental care.Alternative reproductive tactics and sociobiology.Early life history and recruitment.Feeding, nutrition, and growth.Population and community ecology.Movement and migrations.Bioenergetics.Organismal performance, tolerances, and physiological constraints.Winter ecology of centrarchid fish.Immunocompetancy and disease.Issues in centrarchid aquaculture.Issues in centrarchid management and conservation.Patterns in centrarchid ecological diversity – conclusions and a research agenda