Aquaculture : farming aquatic animals and plants / edited by John S. Lucas, Paul C. Southgate, Craig S. Tucker.

Introduction / John S. Lucas --
what is and what isn't aquaculture
origins of aquaculture and agriculture
aquaculture and capture fisheries production
the efficiency of aquaculture for food production
e.tc


Principles of aquaculture / Paul C. Southgate and John S. Lucas --
introduction
intensity of aquaculture
polyculture
integrated Agri-aquaculture systems
polyculture
e.tc

Aquaculture systems design / Igor Pirozzi, Paul C. Southgate and John S. Lucas --
Introduction
site selection and development
aquaculture systems
plumbing and pumps
e.tc

Water quality / Claude E. Boyd and Craig S. Tucker --
introduction
water quality variables
effects of water quality on aquatic animals
e.tc

Resource use and the environment / Claude E. Boyd, Aaron A. McNevin and Craig S. Tucker --
introduction
an overview of resource use and environmental issues
land use
water use
energy use
e.tc

Reproduction, life cycles and growth / John S. Lucas and Paul C. Southgate --
introduction
reproductive physiology
life cycles
growth
e.tc

Genetics / Rex Dunham --
introduction
basic genetics
epigenetics
domestication and strain evaluation
e.tc

Nutrition and feeds / Lou D'Abramo --
introduction
energy consumption and partitioning
the relationship between growth and food consumption
Requirements and metabolic functions of feeds
e.tc

Hatchery and larval foods / Paul C. Southgate --
introduction
foods for Hatchery culture systems
feeding strategy for larval culture
e.tc

Disease principles / Leigh Owens --
Introduction to disease
General principles of infectious Diseases in aquaculture
The philosophy of disease control
e.tc

Pathogens and parasites / Kate S. Hutson and Kenneth D. Cain --
introduction
viruses
bacteria
fungi
e.tc

Prevention of disease by vaccination / Andrew Barnes --
introduction
a beginner's guide to fish immunology
vaccinating fishes
e.tc

Post-harvest technology and processing / Allan Bremner -
introduction
basic characteristics
safety and health
nutritional aspects
e.tc

Economics / Clem Tisdel --
introduction
profitability from a business view point
markets and marketing
e.tc

Seaweed and microalgae / Seaweed: Nicholas A. Paul and Microalgae: Michael Borowitzka --
introduction
biology of the important carps in aquaculture
artificial propagation
e.tc

Carps / Sena De Silva and Qidong Wang --
introduction
biology
freshwater farming
marine farming
e.tc

Salmonids / John Purser --
introduction
biology
freshwater farming
marine farming
feeds
e.tc

Tilapias / Victor Suresh and Ram C. Bhujel --
introduction
family, species and genetic variation
ecology and distribution
sex determination and reproduction
e.tc

Catfishes / Craig S. Tucker, Aaron A. McNevin, Les Torrans and Brian Bosworth --
introduction
pangasiid catfishes
ictalurid catfishes
e.tc

Marine finfish aquaculture / Wade O. Watanabe, Md Shah Alam, Patrick M. Carroll, Harry V. Daniels and Jeffrey M. Hinshaw --
introduction
importance of marine fish aquaculture
hatcheries
Grow-out systems
e.tc

Soft-shelled turtles / Qingjun Shao and John S. Lucas --
introduction
Biology
Aquaculture development
culture facilities
e.tc

Shrimps / Darryl Jory --
introduction
cultured species
grow-out systems
e.tc

Freshwater decapod Crustaceans / Chaoshu Zeng, John S. Lucas and Paul C. Southgate --
introduction
farmed species
the chinese mitten Crab
freshwater crayfish
e.tc

Bivalve molluscs / John S. Lucas --
introduction
aspects of biology
farmed bivalves
phases of bivalve aquaculture
e.tc

Abalone / Peter Cook --
introduction
production from fisheries and farms
biology
e.tc

Aquaculture in the aquarium industry / Thane A. Militz --
introduction
The aquarium industry
the need for aquaculture in the aquarium industry
e.tc

The future of aquaculture / John Hargreaves, Randall Brummett and Craig S. Tucker.
introduction
Drivers of future demand and supply
responding to the challenges of the future

Includes index.

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