Tilapia culture / Abdel-Fattah M. El-Sayed.

Tilapia are sometimes known as ''aquatic chicken'' due to their high growth rates, adaptability to a wide range of environmental conditions, and ability to grow and reproduce in captivity and feed on low trophic levels. As a result, these fishes ahave become excellent candidates...

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Main Author: El-Sayed, Abdel-Fattah M., 1950-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Wallingford, UK ; Cambridge, MA : CABI Pub., ©2006.
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1 Current State and Future Potential; 2 Basic Biology and Ecology; 3 Environmental Requirements; 4 Semi-intensive Culture; 5 Intensive Culture; 6 Nutrition and Feeding; 7 Reproduction and Seed Production; 8 Stress and Diseases; 9 Harvesting, Processing and Economics; 10 The Role of Tilapia Culture in Rural Development; 11 Recent Technological Innovations; 12 Environmental Impacts; References; General Index; Species Index.