Aquaculture : farming aquatic animals and plants

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lucas, John S. , 1940- (Author)
Other Authors: Southgate, Paul C. (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford, UK ; Ames, Iowa : Blackwell Pub. : Fishing News Books , c2003
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. General principles
  • 3. Water quality
  • 4. Environmental and other impacts of aquaculture
  • 5. Desert aquaculture
  • 6. Reproduction, life cycles and growth
  • 7. Genetics and stock improvement
  • 8. Nutrition
  • 9. Feeds and feed production
  • 10. Diseases
  • 11. Post-harvest technology and processing
  • 12. Economics and marketing
  • 13. Algae culture
  • 14. Carps
  • 15. Salmonids
  • 16. Tilapias
  • 17. Channel catfish
  • 18. Barramundi
  • 19. Marine shrimp
  • 20. Freshwater crustaceans
  • 21. Bivalves
  • 22. Marine gastropods
  • 23. The future