Principles of aquaculture / Robert R. Stickney.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stickney, Robert R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Aquaculture.

Medical Subjects:

Aquaculture.

Physical Description:

xv, 502 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Wiley, [1994]

Summary:

Based on the author's previous work, "Principles of Warmwater Aquaculture," this text updates and expands upon the basic principles of aquaculture. Encompasses a wider diversity of aquatic animals including coldwater fishes. Focuses on the practical aspects of water quality, feeding and nutrition, reproduction, breeding, diseases and operations. Deals with the environmental, social and economic aspects of aquaculture. Many of the examples feature species of both sport and commercial interest.

Contents:

Definition, scope and approach

Few words on weights and measures

Important culture species

World aquaculture production

Aquaculture in the United States

Government role in U.S. aquaculture

Feeding the world through aquaculture

Art and science of aquaculture

Exotic species in U.S. aquaculture

Extensive and intensive aquaculture

Monoculture and polyculture

Freshwater aquaculture and mariculture

Site and species selection

Constraints to aquaculture development

Future of aquaculture

Economics

Getting started

Developing a business plan

Fixed costs

Disease and weed control

Other equipment

Operating costs

Marketing

Crop failure

Water sources and systems

General considerations

Water sources and pretreatment

Foreign species, predators and fouling organisms

Suspended sediments

Mechanical filtration

Recirculating water systems

Semiclosed water systems

Flowthrough raceway systems

Cages and net pens

Pole, raft, string and tray culture systems

Ponds

Other types of water systems.

(cont) Nonconservative aspects of water quality

Photosynthesis and primary production

Plant nutrients

Fertilization

Control of aquatic vegetation

Carbonate buffer system

Dissolved oxygen

Conservative aspects of water quality and physical aspects of the culture environment

Temperature

Salinity

Light

Suspended sodids

Alkalinity

Hardness

Substrate requirements

Density

Pesticides, herbicides and trace metals

Disposal of aquaculture effluent

Feeds, nutrition and growth

Feeding strategies and food requirements

Natural foods for larvae and fry

Prepared feeds

Energy and growth

Protein

Lipid

Carbohydrate

Vitamins

Minerals

Other factors

Strategies for offering prepared feed

Reproduction, selective breeding and genetics

Reproductive strategies

Control of spawning

Differentiating sex

Egg size and relative fecundity

Spawning and larval rearing techniques

Hormone spawning

Sex control

Cryopreservation

Selective breeding and genetics.

(cont) Genetic engineering

Hatchery bashing

Disease, predation and cannibalism

Mortality in aquaculture

Sanitation

Treatment and prevention methodology

Examination of animals for disease

Some common aquaculture diseases

Bacterial diseases

Fungal infections

Protozoan diseases

Predation

Cannibalism

Harvesting, hauling and processing

Harvesting intensive culture systems

Harvesting extensive culture systems

Specialized harvesting techniques

Anesthesia

Live-hauling

Depuration

Fee fishing

Processing and marketing

Conversion factors for units of weight and measurement in the English and metric systems

Equivalent temperatures between 0° and 40°C on the Celsius and Fahrenheit scales.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Stickney, Robert R. Principles of aquaculture.

ISBN:

0471578568

9780471578567

OCLC:

28549231

Online:

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Table of Contents

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