Biology of Farmed Fish (Sheffield Biological Sciences)
Contributors: Kenneth D. Black (Editor); Alan D. Pickering (Editor)
Publisher: Blackwell
Published: September 28, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 415
ISBN-13: 9780849397318
Subjects: Aquaculture & fishing: practice & techniques; Life sciences: general issues; Science/Mathematics; Science; Technology & Industrial Arts; Fisheries & Aquaculture; Science / Marine Biology; Life Sciences - Biology - Marine Biology; Fish culture
Description: This landmark volume considers the biology underlying fish culture, focusing on developments over the last decade. The chapters, written by biologists who have made outstanding contributions to the research literature, draw on examples from a range of species around the world. The approach adopted is generic - ordered according to life-stage or discipline, rather than according to species. This volume therefore complements the books available dealing with single species or groups, and it provides an assessment of our current state of knowledge in an order and format familiar to biologists. Each chapter is illustrated with specific examples from the recent (mostly 1990s) literature, providing a convenient point of access to the primary literature and to earlier reviews.

The volume ends with a non-generic chapter which describes the biology of key warm-water species and examines many of the issues raised in earlier chapters in the context of a rapidly expanding industry. This is a book for researchers, postgraduate students and professionals working on any aspect of fish biology or aquaculture.