Aquaculture Ecosystems: Adaptability and Sustainability

Aquaculture Ecosystems contains a thorough and exciting synthesis of current information on aquaculture practices and substantial discussion of the way forward in transforming the aquaculture industry by improving its sustainability. This important book includes discussion of all the current major issues relating to aquaculture practices in relation to the ecology of their situations, environmental concerns, and details of how sustainability can be improved. Efforts have been made to include chapters that go beyond the stage of debate on old topics, providing conclusions to provide leads for action plans and practices addressing modern challenges such as global climate change. Commencing with a chapter covering concerns and solutions centred around seafood security, the following chapters cover the biology and behavior of aquatic animals and their selection for use in aquaculture systems, integrated multi-trophic aquaculture, nutrient inputs and pollution, biofouling, blue carbon stocks in coastal aquaculture, climate change adaptations and knowledge management in aquaculture. Written by internationally-recognized experts in aquaculture and ecology, and edited by Saleem Mustafa, well known for his work in aquatic sciences, the book provides a great deal of use and interest to all those involved in aquaculture planning and development, environmental sciences and aquatic ecology. All libraries in universities and research establishments where biological sciences and aquaculture are studied and taught should have copies of this vital reference on their shelves.

Title page; Table of Contents; Contributors; Preface; CHAPTER 1: Sustainability of seafood production -- challenges and the way forward; 1.1 Sustainability issues and concerns; 1.2 The emergence of aquaculture; 1.3 Biotechnology intervention; 1.4 Ecological fisheries-ecological aquaculture synergy; CHAPTER 2: Biology of aquaculture animals -- learning from nature to manage culture; 2.1 The aquatic ecosystems; 2.2 Attributes of aquatic animals for production efficiency; 2.3 Biological characteristics; 2.4 Diversity and general organization; 2.5 Selection of species for culture.

CHAPTER 3: Fish behaviour and aquaculture3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Sensory systems and functions; 3.3 Photoreception by the pineal organ; 3.4 Ontogeny of the sense organs in fish larvae; 3.5 Effect of colour on fish larvae and juveniles in tanks and cages; 3.6 Preference of fish for colour of prey or feed; 3.7 Effect of turbidity on fish feeding; 3.8 Food search, taste preference and feed stimulants; 3.9 Prey preference of captive tuna; 3.10 Net collisions of juvenile Pacific bluefin tuna in cages; 3.11 Predator attacks and escape of farmed fish from cages; 3.12 Spawning of broodstocks in cages.

3.13 Effect of…