Aquaculture and the environment
Aquaculture and the EnvironmentSecond EditionT. V. R. Pillay The continuing rapid increases in aquaculture production world-wide raise fears of further environmental degradation of the aquatic environment. The second edition of this well-received book brings together and discusses the available in...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford, UK ; Malden, MA :
Blackwell Pub
c2004.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009664726706719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Aquaculture and the Environment; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Water Quality; 2.1 Aquaculture Farms; 2.2 Open Waters for Stock Building and Stock Enhancement; 3 Nature of Environmental Impacts; 3.1 Conflicts with Other Uses; 3.2 Sedimentation and Obstruction of Water Flows; 3.3 Effluent Discharges; 3.4 Hypernutrification and Eutrophication; 3.5 Chemical Residues; 3.6 Other Effects; 4 Extent of Environmental Impacts; 4.1 Quantification of Effluent Discharges; 4.2 Assessment of Pollutive Effects; 5 Siting and Design of Farms
- 5.1 Restrictions on the Use of Potential Sites5.2 Basic Data for Site Selection; 5.3 Siting Farms on Marshes and Mangroves; 5.4 Selection of Water Bodies and Stocks to be Enhanced; 5.5 Farm Design; 6 Use of Natural Resources; 6.1 Sources and Utilization of Land Water Resources; 6.2 Use of Animal Wastes; 6.3 Use of Sewage; 6.4 Use of Heated-water Effluents; 6.5 Recycling of Water; 6.6 Use of Trophic Levels in Aquaculture; 7 Waste Production in Aquaculture; 7.1 Feed-derived and Metabolic Waste Products; 7.2 Wastes from Food and Feedstuffs; 7.3 Feed Loss
- 7.4 Methods of Measuring Waste Production7.5 Fertilizer-derived Wastes; 7.6 Residues of Biocides and Biostats; 7.7 Algal Blooms; 7.8 Bacterial Communities; 8 Pattern and Effect of Waste Discharges; 8.1 The Nature of Waste Discharges; 8.2 Polyculture; 9 Introduction of Exotics and Escape of Farmed Species; 9.1 Species Diversity; 9.2 Ecological Effects of Introductions; 9.3 Transmission of Diseases; 9.4 Control of Introductions; 9.5 Genetic Dilution due to Escape of Farmed Animals; 9.6 Guidelines for Management of Movement of Live Aquatic Animals; 10 Pathogens in the Aquatic Environment
- 10.1 Occurrence of Pathogens10.2 Environmental Causes of Disease; 10.3 Controlling the Spread of Communicable Diseases; 11 Birds and Mammals in Aquaculture; 11.1 Effect of Birds on Aquaculture Farms; 11.2 Effect of Aquaculture on Birds; 11.3 Effect of Aquaculture on Predatory Mammals; 12 Safety of Aquaculture Products; 12.1 Breeding Programmes and Genetically Modified Food Products; 12.2 Environmental Contaminants; 12.3 Contamination by Trace Metals; 12.4 Contamination by Organochlorines; 12.5 Microbial Contamination of Shellfish; 12.6 Contamination of Fish in Waste-water Ponds
- 12.7 Contamination by Algal Toxins13 Sustainability of Aquaculture; 13.1 Definition of Sustainability; 13.2 Economic Sustainability; 13.3 Environmental Sustainability; 13.4 Social Aspects of Sustainability; 13.5 Guidelines for Sustainable Aquaculture; 14 Economics and Environmental Impact Assessments; 14.1 Development Planning and Public Information; 14.2 Aquaculture Development Zones; 14.3 Environmental Impact Assessment; 15 Mitigation of Adverse Effects; 15.1 Land and Water Use; 15.2 Culture Practices; 15.3 Waste Treatment; 16 Research and Regulation; 16.1 Modelling the Environment
- 16.2 Regulatory Measures
