Shellfish aquaculture and the environment / / edited by Sandra Shumway

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910809727203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chichester, West Sussex, UK ; ; Ames, Iowa, : Wiley-Blackwell, 2011
• ISBN: 0-470-96094-9; 0-470-96093-0; 0-470-96096-5
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (1238 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): ShumwaySandra E
• Disciplina: 639/.4
• Soggetti: Shellfish culture - Environmental aspects; Aquaculture - Environmental aspects
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Shellfish Aquaculture and the Environment -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- Chapter 1: The role of shellfish farms in provision of ecosystem goods and services -- Introduction -- Methods of study -- Ecosystem goods: biomass production -- Ecosystem services: environmental quality -- Literature cited -- Chapter 2: Shellfish aquaculture and the environment: an industry perspective -- Introduction -- Shellfish farmers and harvesters history of water quality protection and stewardship roles -- BMPs, the shellfish industry, and the role of available research -- Conclusion -- Literature cited -- Chapter 3: Molluscan shellfish aquaculture and best management practices -- Introduction -- Ecosystem change and shellfish aquaculture -- Classification of impacts -- BMPs -- Assurance labeling -- Pressures to participate in certification programs -- Perspectives on ecolabeling -- Aquaculture certification programs -- Critique of bivalve shellfish ecolabeling efforts in the United States -- Criticisms of certification programs -- Towards more meaningful labeling -- Concluding remarks -- Literature cited -- Chapter 4: Bivalve filter feeding: variability and limits of the aquaculture biofilter -- Introduction -- Constraints on maximum feeding activity -- Shellfish feeding in nature -- Emerging knowledge on ecosystem interactions with the bivalve biofilter -- Conclusions -- Literature cited ; -- Chapter 5: Trophic interactions between phytoplankton and bivalve aquaculture -- The interdependence of bivalves and phytoplankton -- Bivalve population density: farmed bivalves are naturally gregarious -- Bivalves as consumers and cultivators of phytoplankton -- Summary and prospects -- Acknowledgments -- Literature cited -- Chapter 6: The application of dynamic modeling to prediction of production carrying capacity in shellfish farming.; Physical oceanographic models -- Filtration and seston depletion -- Single-box models -- Higher-order models -- Fully spatial models -- Population-based models -- Local models -- Optimization -- Application to management -- Modeling environmental impact -- Sustainability and ecosystem-based management -- Literature cited -- Chapter 7: Bivalve shellfish aquaculture and eutrophication -- Summary -- Introduction -- Most commonly reported: localized changes associated with shellfish aquaculture -- Interpretations from an ecosystem approach -- Modeling efforts to assess relationships between bivalve aquaculture and eutrophication -- Eutrophication of coastal waters from land-based nutrients -- Ecological and economic benefit of bivalve aquaculture in combating eutrophication -- Conclusions -- Literature cited -- Chapter 8: Mussel farming as a tool for re-eutrophication of coastal waters: experiences from Sweden -- Introduction -- Mussel farming: open landscape feeding in the sea -- Estimating the environmental value of mussel farming -- Trading nutrient discharges -- Agricultural environmental aid program and mussel farming -- Added ecosystem services through mussel farming -- The city of lysekil, the first buyer of a nutrient emission quota -- Swedish mussel farming and its markets -- Mussel meal instead of fish meal in organic feeds -- Mussel meal in feeds for organic poultry -- The use of the mussel remainder as fertilizer and biogas production -- Risk assessment of mussels for seafood, feed, and fertilizer -- Conclusions of the Swedish experience -- Literature cited -- Chapter 9: Expanding shellfish aquaculture: a review of the ecological services provided by and impacts of native and cultured bivalves in shellfish-dominated ecosystems -- Introduction -- Aquaculture-based systems -- Remaining questions -- Literature cited.; Chapter 10: Bivalves as bioturbators and bioirrigators -- Bivalves are key species in soft-sediment habitats -- What are bioturbationand bioirrigation? -- How do healthy soft-sediment bivalve populations affect their surroundings? -- Summary -- Literature cited -- Chapter 11: Environmental impacts related to mechanical harvest of cultured shellfish -- Introduction -- Literature review -- Experimental design -- Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- Literature cited -- Chapter 12: Genetics of shellfish on a human-dominated planet -- Introduction -- Domestication of shellfish -- Conservation -- Conclusions -- Literature cited -- Chapter 13: Shellfish diseases and health management -- Shellfish health management and infectious disease prevention -- Interactions of bivalve shellfish and parasites with the natural environment -- Interactions of hosts and disease agents within the aquaculture environment -- Solutions: 1. Shellfish aquaculture development and health management -- Solutions: 2. Implementing health management for shellfish aquaculture -- Summary -- Literature cited -- Chapter 14: Marine invaders and bivalve aquaculture: sources, impacts, and consequences -- Introduction -- Introduced shellfish from aquaculture -- Species moved with aquaculture -- Introduced species that impact aquaculture -- Recommendations for minimizing spread and impacts of introductions -- Future needs -- Acknowledgments -- Literature cited -- Chapter 15: Balancing economic development and conservation of living marine resources and ; habitats: the role of resource managers -- Introduction -- Regulatory framework for shellfish aquaculture in the United States -- Environmental best management practices (BMPs) -- Environmental marketing and other incentive programs -- Conclusions -- Literature cited -- Chapter 16: Education -- Skills -- Aquaculture-related disciplines.; K-12 education -- Undergraduate degree programs -- Graduate degree programs -- 4-H and youth programs -- Extension programs -- Technology transfer -- Conclusion -- Literature cited -- Chapter 17: The implications of global climate change for molluscan aquaculture -- Introduction -- Climate change in the oceans and coastal zones -- The effects of climate change on shellfish aquaculture systems -- Adapting shellfish farming to climate change impacts -- Shellfish aquaculture and climate change mitigation -- Conclusion -- Acknowledgments -- Literature cited -- Index.