DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/np5ndc/aquaculture_farmi) has announced the addition of John Wiley and Sons Ltd's new book "Aquaculture: Farming Aquatic Animals and Plants, 2nd Edition" to their offering.
The output from world aquaculture, a multi-billion dollar global industry, continues to rise at a very rapid rate and it is now acknowledged that it will take over from fisheries to become the main source of animal and plant products from aquatic environments in the future. Since the first edition of this excellent and successful book was published, the aquaculture industry has continued to expand at a massive rate globally and has seen huge advances across its many and diverse facets.
This new edition of Aquaculture: Farming Aquatic Animals and Plants covers all major aspects of the culture of fish, shellfish and algae in freshwater and marine environments. Subject areas covered include principles, water quality, environmental impacts of aquaculture, desert aquaculture, reproduction, life cycles and growth, genetics and stock improvement, nutrition and feed production, diseases, vaccination, post-harvest technology, economics and marketing, and future developments of aquaculture. Separate chapters also cover the culture of algae, carps, salmonids, tilapias, channel catfish, marine and brackish fishes, soft-shelled turtles, marine shrimp, mitten crabs and other decapod crustaceans, bivalves, gastropods, and ornamentals. There is greater coverage of aquaculture in China in this new edition, reflecting China's importance in the world scene.
For many, Aquaculture: Farming Aquatic Animals and Plants is now the book of choice, as a recommended text for students and as a concise reference for those working or entering into the industry. Providing core scientific and commercially useful information, and written by around 30 internationally-known and respected authors, this expanded and fully updated new edition of Aquaculture is a book that is essential reading for all students and professionals studying and working in aquaculture. Fish farmers, hatchery managers and all those supplying the aquaculture industry, including personnel within equipment and feed manufacturing companies, will find a great deal of commercially useful information within this important and now established book.
Key Topics Covered:
1 Introduction
2 General Principles
3 Water Quality
4 Environmental Aspects
5 Desert Aquaculture
6 Reproduction, Life Cycles and Growth
7 Genetics
8 Nutrition
9 Foods and Feeding
10 Diseases
11 Post-harvest Technology and Processing
12 Economics and Marketing
13 Seaweed and Microalgae
14 Carps
15 Salmonids
16 Tilapias
17 Channel Catfish
18 Marine Fish
19 Preventing Diseases in Fish by Vaccination
20 Soft-shelled Turtles
21 Marine Shrimp
22 Other Decapod Crustaceans
23 Bivalve Molluscs
24 Gastropod Molluscs
25 Ornamentals
26 The Next 20 Years
Author
John Lucas is an Adjunct Professor in the Centre for Marine Studies, School of Biological Sciences, University of Queensland, Australia. Paul Southgate is Professor of Aquaculture in the School of Marine and Tropical Biology at James Cook University, Australia.
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Source: John Wiley and Sons Ltd