Marine fish culture / by John W. Tucker, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Tucker, John W., 1948-

Contributor:

Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution.

Florida Institute of Technology.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marine fishes.

Fish culture.

Physical Description:

x, 750 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Boston : Kluwer Academic Pub., [1998]

Summary:

Marine Fish Culture is the first comprehensive reference and textbook on this subject and provides information on more than 870 species in 129 families. The book is the product of the author's 27 years of research and teaching in fish culture and biology. Approximately 12,000 references through June 1998 were screened in writing this work, and more than 4,000 are included in the text.

Marine Fish Culture covers all the major topics necessary for raising marine fish, including overviews of commercial production statistics, water sources, water treatment, rearing units, energetics, health, and handling; detailed reviews of fish characteristics relative to rearing, the rearing environment, reproduction, nutrition of larvae, and nutrition of juveniles and adults; and reviews of current rearing knowledge for food, bait, and ornamental marine fish, by family.

Notes:

"Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution."

"Florida Institute of Technology, Melbourne."

Includes bibliographical references (pages [589]-717) and index.

ISBN:

0412071517

OCLC:

39890432