The characterization of Ghanaian tilapia genetic resources for use in fisheries and aquaculture
By: edited by Roger S.V. Pullin ... [et al.].
Contributors: Pullin, Roger S. V.; International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management.
Series: ICLARM contribution -- no. 1352.; ICLARM conf. proc -- 52.; ICLARM conference proceedings -- no. 52.
Publisher: International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Makati City, Philippines
Language: eng
Number of pages: 58
Subjects: Tilapia -- Africa -- Congresses.; Tilapia -- Germplasm resources -- Africa -- Congresses.; Fishes -- Africa -- Congresses.; Fishes -- Germplasm resources -- Africa -- Congresses.; Fish-culture -- Africa -- Congresses.
Genres: Congresses.
Notes: Papers presented at a workshop held on 4-7 June 1996 at the Institute of Aquatic Biology, Accra, Ghana, at the conclusion of the ICLARM project "Research on Tilapia Genetic Resources of Ghana for Their Future Conservation and Management in Fisheries and Aquaculture."

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: International concerns on fish biodiversity and genetic resources management / R.S.V. Pullin; title: Review of techniques applied to the characterization of tilapiine species and populations / K-A. Naish and D.O.F. Skibinski; title: On the species-specific composition of molecules from muscle and blood of specimens of the Tilapia group / L. Renwrantz ... [et al.]; title: Preliminary results on the zootechnical characterization of four strains of Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus 1758) / G. Gourene, O. Assemien, and J.-F. Agnese; title: Fish genetics in Egypt / H. Elghobashy; title: Biodiversity and genetics of farmed tilapias in Sénégal / A. Diallo; title: East African and international concerns over the declining fish and general biodiversity in Lake Victoria / F.W.B. Bugenyi; title: Tilapia biodiversity, genetic resources conservation, and sustainable use : a South African perspective / F.H. van der Bank; title: Tests of fish stocking in bancôtières in Mali / F. Coulibaly-Sylla; title: The genus Tilapia and its potential for aquaculture in the Republic of Guinea / K. Camara; title: Morphometric characterization of populations and strains of Oreochromis niloticus, Sarotherodon melanotheron (Cichlidae), Clarias anguillaris, Clarias gariepinus (Clariidae), and Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus (Claroteidae) / G.G. Teugels; title: Genetic characterization of the Indian major carp, Catla catla, using tetranucleotide microsatellite repeats / K.A. Naish, D.O.F. Skibinski, and G.C. Mair; title: The utilization of allozymes to study populations of tilapias / J.-F. Agnese, B. Adepo-Gourene, and L. Pouyaud; title: Genetic characterization of Malawian tilapias / A.J. Ambali and R.W. Doyle; title: Using and protecting Malawi's indigenous fishes / Randall E. Brummett; title: Genetic characterization of tilapiine stocks in the Lake Victoria region / M. Wilson ... [et al.]; title: Appendices 2. The utilization of allozymes to study population of tilapias / J.-F. Agnese, B. Adepo-Gourene, and L. Pouyaud.