Aquaculture Technical Articles
Article published the May 14, 2013:
INTRODUCTION
Coastal lagoons are unique systems, typically characterized by bidirectional horizontal flows, permanent mixing of the water column, and abrupt changes in residence time. In these systems, contin...
Article published the May 14, 2013:
INTRODUCTION
Benthic invertebrates are those animals which spend all or most of their life in, on or near the bottom of any aquatic habitat. Information about benthos is required for studies on productivity, f...
Article published the May 9, 2013:
From both nutritionist and aquaculturist points of view, our aim is to sustainably produce aquatic food with superior sensory properties and high cardioprotective properties. The reason is that a...
Article published the May 6, 2013:
Bioenergetics describe the flow of energy and nutrients within a biologicalsystem in our example a fish or shrimp. It describes the biological process of utilisation and transformation ...
Article published the May 3, 2013:
INTRODUCTION
Aquaculture contributes to the livelihoods of the poor through improved food supply, employment and income opportunities. The Fisheries and Aquaculture Department (FAO) has defined the role of fis...
Article published the May 2, 2013:
In the last years considerable attention has been paid on the use of seaweeds (SW) as a possible ingredient for aquafeeds.Red, green and brown SW can be taken from their natural habitat and broug...
Article published the April 25, 2013:
Fish meal and fish oil replacement has been the focus of very significant research efforts and hundreds ofscientific papersin recent years.Despite years of research, fish meal and fish oil remain very important...
Article published the April 23, 2013:
INTRODUCTION
Fish farming is expanding rapidly throughout the world and has a high potential for the provision of valuable protein in less developed countries (Little & Edwards, 2003). Due to global p...
Article published the April 23, 2013:
INTRODUCTION
Today it is generally accepted that the three major routes of infection in fish are through: a) skin, b) gills and c) the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. The GI microbiota, including lactic acid...
Article published the April 17, 2013:
INTRODUCTION
The spotted rose snapper Lutjanus guttatus (Steindachner, 1869), is an important food and recreational species with high market prices of US$ 5-8 kg-1 and strong demand in America (...