Research methods in ichthyology. Thematic bibliography

Purpose. Forming a thematic bibliographic list of publications on the use of field and laboratory methods for studying the biological and ecological characteristics of fish, the effect of individual indicators on their fishery, methods for assessing the status of ichthyofauna. Methods. The complete and selective methods were applied in the process of the systematic search. The bibliographic core have been formed with the publications exclusively in Ukrainian and Russian from the fund of scientific library of the Institute of Fisheries NAAS of Ukraine. Results. There was composed the thematic list of publications with a total quantity of 211 sources covering the time interval from 1946 to 2017, and containing a description of methods for collecting and processing ichthyological material to determine biological, morphometric, and ecological indicators of fish, to study the dynamics of their populations and to predict their catch. The literary sources are arranged in alphabetical order by author or title, and described according to DSTU 8302:2015 “Information and documentation. Bibliographic reference. General principles and rules of composition”, with the amendments (code UKND 01.140.40), as well as in accordance with the requirements of APA style — international standard of references. Practical value. The list may be useful for scientists, practitioners, students, whose area of interests includes ichthyology, pisciculture, fisheries and hydroecology.