Tropical Mariculture

Hardback  487 pages  ISBN 0122108450      £115.00

This book covers developmental activities in tropical mariculture, including aspects of specific problems in breeding and larval rearing, providing examples of cultivated species in the tropics, descriptions of mariculture strategies and the environmental impact of inland maricultural activities.

Contents

• S.S. De Silva, Tropical Mariculture: Current Status and Prospects.
• M.J. Phillips, Tropical Mariculture and Coastal Environmental Integrity.
• J.H. Primavera, Shrimp Culture in the Tropics and Its Long Term Sustainability.
• H. Kohno, Early Life History Features Influencing Larval Survival of Cultivated Tropical Finfish.
• P.C. Southgate and G.J. Partridge, Developments of Artificial Diets for Marine Finfish Larvae: Problems and Prospects.
• A. Tacon and U.C. Barg, Major Challenges to Feed Development for Marine and Diadromous Finfish and Crustaceans.
• A. Colorni, Pathobiology of Marine Organisms Cultured in the Tropics.
• W. Knibb, G. Gorshkova, and S. Gorshkova, Genetic Improvement of Cultured Marine Finfish: Case Studies.
• T. Yanagisawa, The Biology and Culture of Sea Cucumber. M. Joseph, Mussel and Oyster Culture.
• C.S. Lee, Culture of Marine Finfish Species of the Pacific.
• T. Bagarinao, Historical and Current Trends in Milkfish Farming in the Philippines.
• L. Tak-Seng, Grouper Culture. M.A. Rimmer and D.J. Russel, Aspects of the Biology and Culture of Lates calcarifer.

Subject Index.