

An edition of Aquaculture (2003)
farming aquatic animals and plants
By John S. Lucas,Paul C. Southgate
Publish Date
2003
Publisher
Blackwell Pub.,Fishing News Books
Language
eng
Pages
630
Description:
Aquaculture: Farming Aquatic Amimals and Plants covers all major aspects of the aquaculture of fish, shellfish and algae in freshwater and marine environments. Subject areas covered include water quality and environmental impacts of aquaculture, desert aquaculture, reproduction, life cycles and growth, genetics and stock improvement, nutrition and feed production, diseases, post-harvest technology and processing, economics and marketing. Separate chapters also cover the culture of algae, carps, salmonids, tilapias, channel catfish, barramundi, marine shrimp, freshwater crayfish and prawns, bivalves and marine gastropods.