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Research Project: Water Quality and Production Systems to Enhance Production of Catfish

Location: Warmwater Aquaculture Research Unit

Title: Aquaculture: Farming aquatic animal and plants

Author
item LUCAS, JOHN - University Of Queensland
item SOUTHGATE, PAUL - James Cook University
item Tucker, Craig

Submitted to: Book Chapter
Publication Type: Book / Chapter
Publication Acceptance Date: 4/20/2017
Publication Date: 1/9/2019
Citation: Lucas, J.S., Southgate, P.C., Tucker, C.S. 2019. Aquaculture: Farming aquatic animal and plants. West Sussex, UK: John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Book Chapter. P. 642.

Interpretive Summary: This new edition of the widely acclaimed textbook, Aquaculture: Farming Aquatic Animals and Plants, covers all aspects of the culture of fish, shellfish, and algae in freshwater and marine environments. Topics include general summaries of water quality, environmental impacts, culture systems, reproduction, genetics and breeding, nutrition and feeding, diseases, post-harvest technology, economics and marketing, and the future of aquaculture. Separate chapters provide detailed information on the culture of important groups of farmed organisms, including carps, tilapias, catfishes, salmonids, marine finfishes, ornamental fishes, shrimp, freshwater decapods, bivalves, abalone, turtles, and seaweeds. Each chapter is written by leading authorities in the subject area. The book is intended as a college-level textbook but the coverage is sufficiently technical to be useful to all fish farmers and professionals studying or working in aquaculture.

Technical Abstract: This new edition of the widely acclaimed textbook, Aquaculture: Farming Aquatic Animals and Plants, covers all aspects of the culture of fish, shellfish, and algae in freshwater and marine environments. Topics include general summaries of water quality, environmental impacts, culture systems, reproduction, genetics and breeding, nutrition and feeding, diseases, post-harvest technology, economics and marketing, and the future of aquaculture. Separate chapters provide detailed information on the culture of important groups of farmed organisms, including carps, tilapias, catfishes, salmonids, marine finfishes, ornamental fishes, shrimp, freshwater decapods, bivalves, abalone, turtles, and seaweeds. Each chapter is written by leading authorities in the subject area. The book is intended as a college-level textbook but the coverage is sufficiently technical to be useful to all fish farmers and professionals studying or working in aquaculture.