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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787582503321

Titolo

Biology and culture of Asian seabass Lates calcarifer / / Dean R. Jerry, Centre for Sustainable Tropical Fisheries and Aquaculture School of Marine and Tropical Biology James Cook University Townsville, QLD Australia

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton : , : CRC Press, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

0-429-06833-6

1-4822-0807-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (325 p.)

Disciplina

597.75

597/.75

Soggetti

Giant perch

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"A CRC title."

"A Science Publishers book."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Preface; Contents; Chapter 1 - Taxonomy and Distribution of Indo-Pacific Lates; Chapter 2 - Early Development and Seed Production of Asian Seabass, Lates calcarifer; Chapter 3 - Climate Effects on Recruitment and Catch Effort of Lates calcarifer; Chapter 4 - Reproductive Biology of the Asian Seabass, Lates calcarifer; Chapter 5 - Lates calcarifer Wildstocks: Their Biology, Ecology and Fishery; Chapter 6 - Infectious Diseases of Asian Seabass and Health Management; Chapter 7 - The Genetics of Asian Seabass; Chapter 8 - Lates calcarifer Nutrition and Feeding Practices

Chapter 9 - Post-Harvest Quality in Farmed Lates calcariferChapter 10 - Farming of Barramundi/Asian Seabass: An Australian Industry Perspective; Chapter 11 - Nursery and Grow-out Culture of Asian Seabass, Lates calcarifer, in Selected Countries in Southeast Asia; Chapter 12 - Muscle Proteins in Asian Seabass-Parvalbumin's Role as a Physiological Protein and Fish Allergen; Color Plate Section; Back Cover

Sommario/riassunto

This book covers the biology, ecology, genetics and aquaculture of the Asian Seabass or barramundi (Lates calcarifer), a commercially and



recreationally valuable species. It brings together in the one place reviews written by world experts in Asian seabass taxonomy, genetics, nutrition, ecology, aquaculture, reproductive and developmental biology, climate change impacts, harvest quality and health management.