Aquaculture: An Introductory Text
Aquaculture: An Introductory Text
Editor/Author
Stickney, R.R.
Publication Year: 2016
Publisher: CABI
Single-User Purchase Price:
$165.00

Unlimited-User Purchase Price:
$247.50
ISBN: 978-1-78-639009-7
Category: Agriculture, Aquaculture & Food Sciences
Image Count:
179
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents
Providing a broad and readable overview of the subject, this updated third edition of Aquaculture: An Introductory Text covers issues associated with sustainable aquaculture development, culture systems, hatchery methods, nutrition and feeding of aquaculture species, reproductive strategies, harvesting and many other topics.
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Table of Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 General Overview of Aquaculture
- Definitions
- What is aquaculture?
- What is involved?
- Parsing the discipline by temperature
- One species or more?
- Addressing Declining Capture Fisheries
- History of Aquaculture
- Culture Objectives
- A Wide Variety of Species
- The Big Players in Aquaculture
- A Question of Sustainability
- Opposition and Response
- Animal Welfare
- Ethics
- Changing Consumer Preferences
- Regulation
- Challenges to, and Opportunities for, Expansion
- Climate Change
- Summary
- Additional Reading
- 2 Getting Started
- Site and Species Selection
- The Business of Aquaculture
- The Business Plan
- Water: the Common Factor
- Municipal water
- Runoff water
- Surface water
- Groundwater
- Summary
- Additional Reading
- 3 Culture Systems
- Ponds
- Location
- Size, shape and depth
- Inflow and drain options
- Raceways
- Open raceway systems
- Microalgae Culture
- Partitioned Aquaculture Systems
- Recirculating Systems
- Cage and Net Pen Systems
- Integrated Multi-trophic Aquaculture
- Various Forms of Mollusc Culture
- Oysters
- Mussels
- Scallops
- Clams
- Abalone
- Geoducks
- Seaweed Culture: the Nori Example
- Biofloc Systems
- Some Challenges, Particularly for Mariculturists
- Personnel Considerations
- Other Issues
- Effluent disposal
- Pests and predators
- Summary
- Additional Reading
- 4 Understanding and Maintaining Water Quality
- The Range of Variables
- Variables to Measure Frequently
- Temperature
- Dissolved oxygen
- The oxygen story
- Oxygen in ponds
- pH
- Nitrite
- Salinity
- Variables to Measure Periodically or Under Some Circumstances
- Alkalinity
- Hardness
- Ammonia
- Plant nutrients
- Fertilization
- Organic fertilization
- Inorganic fertilization
- Controlling Undesirable Plants
- Biological plant control
- Mechanical or environmental plant control
- Chemical plant control
- Other Factors
- Light
- Substrate
- Suspended solids
- Some Additional Water Quality Effects on Cultured Organisms
- Carrying capacity
- Harmful substances and off-flavours
- Summary
- Additional Reading
- 5 Diseases and Parasites of Aquaculture Species
- Disease Array and Role of Stress
- Avoiding the Occurrence and Spread of Disease
- Diagnosing Disease Problems
- Treatment Options
- Chemicals
- Antibiotics
- Vaccines
- Phage Therapy
- Nutritional Diseases
- Toxins
- Common Aquaculture Diseases
- Viral diseases
- Bacterial diseases
- Fungal diseases
- Protozoan parasites
- Helminth parasites
- Copepod parasites
- Summary
- Additional Reading
- 6 Reproduction and Early Rearing
- Introduction
- How Aquaculture Animals Reproduce
- Closing the Life Cycle
- Sex Identification
- Controlling Spawning
- Spawning Methods
- Tilapia
- Salmon and trout
- Catfish
- Red drum
- Striped bass and hybrid striped bass
- Halibut
- Flounders and other flatfish
- Other finfish species
- Marine shrimp
- Freshwater shrimp
- Crayfish
- Oysters
- Clams
- Abalone
- Echinoderms
- Sea cucumber
- Providing Live Food
- Rotifers
- Brine shrimp
- Controlling Sex
- Sex reversal
- Polyploidy
- Hybridization
- Gynogenesis
- Selective Breeding
- Genetic Engineering
- Summary
- Additional Reading
- 7 Prepared Feeds
- Introduction
- Types of Prepared Feed
- Particle size
- Particle form
- Purified, semi-purified and practical feeds
- Evaluation of an amino acid requirement
- Evaluation of a carbohydrate requirement
- Evaluation of a mineral or vitamin requirement
- Supplemental and complete feeds
- Feed Ingredients and Additives
- Feed Manufacture
- Pressure pelleting
- Extruded pellets
- Storage and Presentation
- Feeding Practices
- Determining Feeding Rate
- Feed Conversion
- Summary
- Additional Reading
- 8 Aquatic Animal Nutrition
- Introduction
- Energy and Growth
- Proteins
- Lipids
- Carbohydrates
- Vitamins
- Minerals
- Summary
- Additional Reading
- 9 A Pot-pourri of Additional Topics
- Introduction
- Harvesting
- Harvesting extensive culture systems
- Harvesting intensive systems
- Specialized harvesting methods
- Live-hauling
- Anaesthesia and Sedation
- Fee-fishing
- Tagging
- Processing and Marketing
- Potential Aquaculture Moneymakers
- A Few Additional Topics
- Jewellery and curios
- Hydroponics and aquaponics
- Enhancement and conservation
- Bait
- Ornamental species
- The Future
- Summary
- Additional Reading