Contributions

  • Lucas, John S., 1940- - Contributor
  • Southgate, Paul C. - Contributor

Publication

2003 - Blackwell Pub., Oxford, UK, England

Language

English

Word Count

125,500 words, Guess

Page Count

502 pages

Identifiers

and 4 more

Classifications

  • DDC639.8
  • LCCSH135 .A6735 2003
  • LCCSH151

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.

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  • Aquaculture: farming aquatic animals and plantsBlackwell Pub.2003-01-01
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