Aquaculture and Fishes (M.Sc, B.Sc)
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Subject : Aquaculture Engineering
Introduction
- Aquaculture engineering - Answer (click here)
- Classification of aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- The farm: technical components in a Aquaculture system - Answer (click here)
- Future trends: increased importance of aquaculture engineering - Answer (click here)
Water Transport
- Water Transport in Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Pipes: materials, Classification, Pressure class - Answer (click here)
- Valves - Pipe and pipe parts - Answer (click here)
- Pipe parts - fittings - Answer (click here)
- Pipe connections - jointing - Answer (click here)
- Mooring of pipes - Answer (click here)
- Ditches for pipes - Answer (click here)
- Water flow in channels and pipe systems - Answer (click here)
- Head loss in pipelines - Answer (click here)
- Head loss in single parts (fittings) - Answer (click here)
- Pumps - Answer (click here)
- Types of pump - Answer (click here)
- Pump height, Cavitation and Net positive suction head (NPSH) - Answer (click here)
- Pumping of water requires energy - Answer (click here)
- Centrifugal and propeller pumps - Answer (click here)
- Pump performance curves and working point for centrifugal pumps - Answer (click here)
- Change of water flow or pressure - Answer (click here)
- Regulation of flow from selected pumps - Answer (click here)
Water Quality and Water Treatment an Introduction
- Increased focus on water quality - Answer (click here)
- Inlet water - Answer (click here)
- Outlet water - Answer (click here)
- Water treatment in Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
Adjustment of pH
- Adjustment of pH - Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
- Problems with low pH - Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
- pH of different water sources - Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
- pH adjustment - Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
- Examples of methods for pH adjustment: Lime, Seawater, Lye or hydroxides - Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
Removal of Particles
- Removal of Particles - Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
- Characterization of the water - Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
- Methods for particle removal in fish farming - Answer (click here)
- Mechanical filters and micro screens - Methods for particle removal in fish farming - Answer (click here)
- Depth filtration granular medium filters - Methods for particle removal in fish farming - Answer (click here)
- Settling or gravity filters - Methods for particle removal in fish farming - Answer (click here)
- Integrated treatment systems - Methods for particle removal in fish farming - Answer (click here)
- Hydraulic loads on filter units - Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
- Purification efficiency - Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
- Dual drain tank - Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
- Sludge production and utilization - Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
- Local ecological solutions - Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
Disinfection
- Disinfection - Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
- Basis of disinfection - Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
- Chick’s law and Watson’s law - law for disinfection - Answer (click here)
- Ultraviolet light - Disinfection in Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
- Ozone - Disinfection in Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
- Photozone - Disinfection methods in Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
- Heat treatment - Disinfection methods in Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
- Chlorine - Disinfection methods in Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
- Changing the pH - Disinfection methods in Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
- Natural methods: ground filtration or constructed wetland - Disinfection methods in Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
Heating and Cooling
- Heating and Cooling - Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
- Heating requires energy - Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
- Methods for heating water - Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
- Immersion heaters - Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
- Oil and gas burners heaters - Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
- Why use heat exchangers? - Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
- How is the heat transferred ? - Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
- Factors affecting heat transfer - Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
- Important parameters when calculating the size of heat exchangers - Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
- Types of heat exchanger - Answer (click here)
- Flow pattern in heat exchangers - Answer (click here)
- Materials in heat exchangers - Answer (click here)
- Fouling - Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
- Why use heat pumps? - Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
- Construction and function of a heat pump - Answer (click here)
- Log pressure–enthalpy (p-H) in heat pump - Answer (click here)
- Coefficient of performance in heat pump - Answer (click here)
- Installations of heat pumps - Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
- Management and maintenance of heat pumps - Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
- Composite heating systems - Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
- Chilling of water - Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
Aeration and Oxygenation
- Aeration and Oxygenation - Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
- Gases in water - Answer (click here)
- Gas theory Aeration: Equilibrium, Gas transfer - Answer (click here)
- Design and construction of aerators: Basic principles, Evaluation criteria - Answer (click here)
- Example of designs for different types of aerator: Gravity, Surface, Subsurface aerators - Answer (click here)
- Oxygenation of water - Answer (click here)
- Theory of oxygenation - Answer (click here)
- Design and construction of oxygen injection systems - Answer (click here)
- Evaluation of methods for injecting oxygen gas - Answer (click here)
- Examples of oxygen injection system designs - Answer (click here)
- Oxygen gas characteristics - Answer (click here)
- Sources of oxygen - Answer (click here)
Ammonia Removal
- Ammonia Removal - Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
- Biological removal of ammonium ion - Answer (click here)
- Nitrification - Answer (click here)
- Construction of nitrification filters - Answer (click here)
- Management of biological filters - Answer (click here)
- Example of biofilter design - Answer (click here)
- Denitrification - Answer (click here)
- Chemical removal of ammonia: Principle, Construction - Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
Recirculationand Water Re
- Recirculationand Water Re-use Systems - Answer (click here)
- Advantages and disadvantages of re-use systems in Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
- Definitions for re-use or recycling systems - Answer (click here)
- Degree of re-use - Answer (click here)
- Water exchange in relation to amount of fish - Answer (click here)
- Degree of purification - Answer (click here)
- Mass flow in the system - Theoretical models for construction of re-use systems - Answer (click here)
- Water requirements of Aquaculture re-use systems - Answer (click here)
- Connection between outlet concentration, degree of re-use and effectiveness of the water treatment system - Answer (click here)
- Components in a Aquaculture re-use system - Answer (click here)
- Design of a re-use system in Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
Production Units a Classification
- Production Units: a Classification - Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
- Classification of production units - Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
- Possibilities for controlling environmental impact - Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
Egg Storage and Hatching Equipment
- Introduction of Egg Storage and Hatching Equipment in Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
- Systems where the Fish eggs stay pelagic in Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
- The incubator - Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
- Systems where the Fish eggs lie on the bottom - Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Systems where the eggs lie in the same unit from spawning to fry ready for start feeding - Answer (click here)
- Systems where the eggs must be removed before hatching - Answer (click here)
- System where storing, hatching and firs feeding are carried out in the same unit - Answer (click here)
Tanks Basins and Other Closed Production Units
- Introduction of Tanks, Basins and Other Closed Production Units - Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
- Types of closed production units - Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
- How much water should be supplied? - Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
- Water exchange rate - Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
- Ideal or non-ideal mixing and water exchange - Answer (click here)
- Tank design - Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
- Flow pattern and self-cleaning - Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
- Water inlet design - Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
- Water outlet or drain - Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
- Dual drain - Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
Ponds
- Ponds: Introduction - Answer (click here)
- The ecosystem - Answer (click here)
- Different production ponds - Answer (click here)
- Pond types - Answer (click here)
- Construction principles of Pond - Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Drainable or non drainable Pond - Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Size and construction of Pond - Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Site selection for Aquaculture Pond - Answer (click here)
- Water supply for Aquaculture Pond - Answer (click here)
- The inlet of Aquaculture Pond - Answer (click here)
- The outlet - drainage for Aquaculture Pond - Answer (click here)
- Aquaculture Pond layout - Answer (click here)
Sea Cages
- Sea Cages - Answer (click here)
- Site selection - Aquaculture Sea Cages - Answer (click here)
- What creates waves? - Answer (click here)
- Waves - Environmental factors affecting a floating construction in Sea Cages - Answer (click here)
- Wind - Environmental factors affecting a floating construction in Sea Cages - Answer (click here)
- Wind, Oceani, Tidal Current - Environmental factors affecting a floating construction in Sea Cages - Answer (click here)
- Ice - Environmental factors affecting a floating construction in Sea Cages - Answer (click here)
- Construction of sea cages - Answer (click here)
- Examples of Sea cage constructions - Answer (click here)
- Cage collar or framework - Answer (click here)
- Mooring systems - Answer (click here)
- Design of the mooring system - Answer (click here)
- Description of the single components in a pre-stressed mooring system - Answer (click here)
- Fixing point - Mooring systems - Answer (click here)
- Mooring lines - Mooring systems - Answer (click here)
- Buoys - Mooring systems - Answer (click here)
- Anchors - Mooring systems - Answer (click here)
- Calculation of current, wave and wind forces on a sea cage farm - Answer (click here)
- Calculation of the size of the mooring system - Answer (click here)
- Calculation of sizes for mooring lines - Answer (click here)
- Control of mooring systems - Answer (click here)
Feeding Systems
- Why use automatic feeding systems in Aquaculture ? What can be automated? - Answer (click here)
- Selection of feeding system - Answer (click here)
- Feeding system requirements in Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
- Types of feeding equipment - Answer (click here)
- Feed blowers - feeding equipment in Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Feed dispensers - feeding equipment in Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Demand feeders - feeding equipment in Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Automatic feeders and its Types, components - feeding equipment in Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Central feeding system - feeding equipment in Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Feed control - Feeding Systems in Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Feed control systems - Feeding Systems in Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Dynamic feeding systems - Feeding Systems in Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
Internal Transport and Size Grading
- Internal Transport and Size Grading: Introduction - Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
- The importance of fish handling - Answer (click here)
- Why move the fish? - fish handling - Answer (click here)
- Why size grade in fish handling? - Answer (click here)
- Negative effects of handling the fish - Answer (click here)
- Moving fish with a supply of external energy - Methods and equipment for internal transport - Answer (click here)
- Methods for moving of fish without the need for external energy - Methods and equipment for internal transport - Answer (click here)
- Methods and equipment for size grading of fish - Answer (click here)
Transport of Live Fish
- Transport of Live Fish: Introduction - Answer (click here)
- Preparation for Transport of Live Fish - Answer (click here)
- Land Transport of Live Fish - Answer (click here)
- Sea transport of Live Fish - Answer (click here)
- Air transport of Live Fish - Answer (click here)
- Other transport methods of Live Fish - Answer (click here)
- Cleaning and re-use of water - Transport of Live Fish - Answer (click here)
- Use of additives - Transport of Live Fish - Answer (click here)
Instrumentation and Monitoring
- Instrumentation and Monitoring in Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Construction of measuring instruments - Answer (click here)
- Instruments for measuring water quality - Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
- Measuring temperature - Instruments for measuring water quality in Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Measuring oxygen content of the water in Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Measuring pH - Instruments for measuring water quality in Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Measuring conductivity and salinity - Instruments for measuring water quality in Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Measuring total gas pressure and nitrogen saturation - Instruments for measuring water quality in Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Instruments for measuring physical conditions - Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
- Equipment for counting fish, measuring fish size and estimation of total biomass - Answer (click here)
- Monitoring systems - Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
Buildings and Superstructures
- Why use buildings in Aquaculture Engineering? - Answer (click here)
- Types, shape and roof design of Buildings in Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
- Load carrying systems - Buildings and Superstructures in Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
- Materials - Buildings and Superstructures in Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
- Prefabricate or build on site? - Buildings and Superstructures in Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
- Insulated or not? - Buildings and Superstructures in Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
- Foundations and ground conditions - Buildings and Superstructures in Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
- Design of major parts - Buildings and Superstructures in Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
- Ventilation and climatization - Buildings and Superstructures in Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
Design and Construction of Aquaculture Facilities
- Design and Construction of Aquaculture Facilities: Introduction - Answer (click here)
- Land-based hatchery, juvenile and on-growing production plant in Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
- Water intake and transfer - Land-based hatchery, juvenile and on-growing production plant in Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
- Water treatment department - Land-based hatchery, juvenile and on-growing production plant in Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
- Production rooms in Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
- Feed storage - Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
- Disinfection barrier - Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
- Other rooms - Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
- Outlet water treatment - Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
- Important equipment - Aquaculture Engineering - Answer (click here)
- On growing production, sea cage farms - Answer (click here)
- Site selection - On growing production, sea cage farms - Answer (click here)
- The cages and the fixed equipment - Answer (click here)
- The base station - On growing production, sea cage farms - Answer (click here)
- Net handling - On growing production, sea cage farms - Answer (click here)
- Boat - On growing production, sea cage farms - Answer (click here)
Planning Aquaculture Facilities
- Planning Aquaculture Facilities - Answer (click here)
- The planning process - Planning Aquaculture Facilities - Answer (click here)
- Site selection - Planning Aquaculture Facilities - Answer (click here)
- Production plan - Planning Aquaculture Facilities - Answer (click here)
- Room programme - Planning Aquaculture Facilities - Answer (click here)
- Necessary analyses - Planning Aquaculture Facilities - Answer (click here)
- Drawing up alternative solutions - Planning Aquaculture Facilities - Answer (click here)
- Evaluation of and choosing between the alternative solutions - Planning Aquaculture Facilities - Answer (click here)
- Finishing plans, detailed planning - Planning Aquaculture Facilities - Answer (click here)
- Function test of the plant - Planning Aquaculture Facilities - Answer (click here)
Basis of Aquaculture
- Scope and definition - Basis of Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Cultural and socio economic basis - Basis of Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Biological and technological basis - Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Role in fishery management - Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
History of Aquaculture and its Present State
- Origins and growth of aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Present state of aquaculture - Answer (click here)
National Planning of Aquaculture Development
- National Planning of Aquaculture Development - Answer (click here)
- National priorities and aquaculture development - Answer (click here)
- National resources - National Planning of Aquaculture Development - Answer (click here)
- Technology and human resources - Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Legal and environmental factors - Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Organization of aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Aquaculture for rural development - Answer (click here)
- Aquaculture for social benefit - Answer (click here)
Selection of Sites for Aquaculture
- Selection of Sites for Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- General considerations - Selection of Sites for Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Land-based farms- conflicts - Selection of Sites for Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Open water farms - Selection of Sites for Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Water quantity and quality - Selection of Sites for Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Sources of pollution and user conflicts - Selection of Sites for Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Environmental impact assessment - Selection of Sites for Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Social aspects of site selection and management - Selection of Sites for Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Legal empowerment and licensing of farms - Selection of Sites for Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
Selection of Species for Culture
- Selection of Species for Culture - Answer (click here)
- Biological characteristics of aquaculture species - Answer (click here)
- Economic and market considerations - Answer (click here)
- Introduction of exotic species - Answer (click here)
- Common aquaculture species - Answer (click here)
Design and Construction of Aquafarms
- Design and Construction of Aquafarms - Answer (click here)
- Data for pond farm design - Answer (click here)
- Design and construction of pond farms - Answer (click here)
- Tank farms - Design and Construction of Aquafarms - Answer (click here)
- Raceway farms - Design and Construction of Aquafarms - Answer (click here)
- Cage farms - Design and Construction of Aquafarms - Answer (click here)
- Types of cages and layout of cage farms - Answer (click here)
- Submersible cages and cage maintenance - Answer (click here)
- Pens and enclosures - Design and Construction of Aquafarms - Answer (click here)
- Design and construction of hatcheries - Answer (click here)
Nutrition and Feeds
- Feeding habits and food utilization - Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Energy metabolism- Nutrition and Feeds of Fish - Answer (click here)
- Carbohydrates - Aquaculture: Energy requirements and sources - Answer (click here)
- Proteins - Aquaculture: Energy requirements and sources - Answer (click here)
- Amino acids - Aquaculture: Energy requirements and sources - Answer (click here)
- Lipids and essential fatty acids - Aquaculture: Energy requirements and sources - Answer (click here)
- Vitamins - Aquaculture: Energy requirements and sources - Answer (click here)
- Minerals - Aquaculture: Energy requirements and sources - Answer (click here)
- Broodstock and larval nutrition - Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Aquaculture: Nature and source of live foods - Answer (click here)
- Algal culture - Aquaculture: Nature and source of live foods - Answer (click here)
- Live animal food: Nature and source of live foods - Answer (click here)
- Pond fertilization for production of live foods - Answer (click here)
- Inorganic fertilizers - Pond fertilization for production of live foods - Answer (click here)
- Organic fertilizers - Pond fertilization for production of live foods - Answer (click here)
- Supplementary feedstuffs - Aquaculture: Artificial feeds - Answer (click here)
- Types of processed feeds - Aquaculture: Artificial feeds - Answer (click here)
- Ingredients - Aquaculture: Artificial feeds - Answer (click here)
- Feed formulation and feed formulae - Artificial feeds - Answer (click here)
- Substitution of fish meal in feeds - Artificial feeds - Answer (click here)
- Feed preparation - Aquaculture: Artificial feeds - Answer (click here)
- Larval feeds - Aquaculture: Artificial feeds - Answer (click here)
- Larval microdiets - Aquaculture: Artificial feeds - Answer (click here)
- Feeding techniques - Aquaculture: Artificial feeds - Answer (click here)
Reproduction and Genetic Selection
- Reproduction and Genetic Selection - Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Reproductive cycles - Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Control of reproduction - Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Induced reproduction: Hypophysation, Gametes and fertilization - Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Preservation of gametes - Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Use of sex steroids for sex reversal - Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Genetic selection and hybridization in Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Methods of genetic selection - Genetic selection and hybridization in Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Mass selection - Genetic selection and hybridization in Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Genotypic selection - Genetic selection and hybridization in Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Progeny testing - Genetic selection and hybridization in Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Combined selection - Genetic selection and hybridization in Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Cross breeding - Genetic selection and hybridization in Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Chromosomal manipulation - Genetic selection and hybridization in Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Transgenics in aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Molecular techniques in Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
Health and Diseases
- Health and diseases in aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Factors affecting fish health - Health and diseases in aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Integrated health management - Health and diseases in aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Major diseases of aquaculture species - Answer (click here)
- Viral diseases of aquaculture species - Answer (click here)
- Infectious pancreatic necrosis (IPN) - Viral diseases of aquaculture species - Answer (click here)
- Infectious haematopoietic necrosis (IHN) - Viral diseases of aquaculture species - Answer (click here)
- Viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (VHS) - Viral diseases of aquaculture species - Answer (click here)
- Infectious dropsy of carp (IDC) and spring viremia of carp (SVC) - Viral diseases of aquaculture species - Answer (click here)
- Channel catfish virus disease (CCVD) - Viral diseases of aquaculture species - Answer (click here)
- Carp pox (CP) - Viral diseases of aquaculture species - Answer (click here)
- Lymphocystis - Viral diseases of aquaculture species - Answer (click here)
- Bacterial diseases of aquaculture species - Answer (click here)
- Furunculosis - Bacterial diseases of aquaculture species - Answer (click here)
- Columnaris disease - Bacterial diseases of aquaculture species - Answer (click here)
- Bacterial gill disease (BGD) - Bacterial diseases of aquaculture species - Answer (click here)
- Gill rot - Bacterial diseases of aquaculture species - Answer (click here)
- Enteric red mouth disease (ERM) - Bacterial diseases of aquaculture species - Answer (click here)
- Edwardsiellosis - Bacterial diseases of aquaculture species - Answer (click here)
- Vibriosis - Bacterial diseases of aquaculture species - Answer (click here)
- Fungus diseases of aquaculture species - Answer (click here)
- Saprolegniasis - Fungus diseases of aquaculture species - Answer (click here)
- Branchiomycosis - Fungus diseases of aquaculture species - Answer (click here)
- Protozoan diseases of aquaculture species - Answer (click here)
- Ichthyophthiriasis (Ich) - Protozoan diseases of aquaculture species - Answer (click here)
- Ichtyobodosis - Protozoan diseases of aquaculture species - Answer (click here)
- Whirling disease - Protozoan diseases of aquaculture species - Answer (click here)
- Copepod infections of aquaculture species - Answer (click here)
- Argulosis - Copepod infections of aquaculture species - Answer (click here)
- Lernaeosis - Copepod infections of aquaculture species - Answer (click here)
- Trematode infections of aquaculture species - Answer (click here)
- Public health and aquaculture - Answer (click here)
Control of Weeds Pests and Predators
- Weed problems in aquaculture farms - Answer (click here)
- Common aquatic weeds - Answer (click here)
- Prevention of infestations and utilization of weeds - Methods of weed control in Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Manual and mechanical methods - Methods of weed control in Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Chemical methods - Methods of weed control in Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Biological control - Methods of weed control in Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Control of predators, weed animals and pests in Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
Harvesting and Post Harvest Technology
- Harvesting methods in Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Harvesting drainable ponds - Harvesting methods in Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Seining undrainable ponds - Harvesting methods in Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Other methods of fishing - Harvesting methods in Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Harvesting cage and raceway farms - Harvesting methods in Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Harvesting of molluscs - Harvesting methods in Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Sorting - Handling, preservation and transport in Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Depuration of molluscs - Handling, preservation and transport in Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Preservation and processing - Handling, preservation and transport in Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
Marketing of Aquaculture Products
- Marketing of Aquaculture Products - Answer (click here)
- Outlets for aquaculture products - Answer (click here)
- Organization of marketing - Aquaculture products - Answer (click here)
- Market research - Market strategies for industrial aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Formulation of market strategies - Market strategies for industrial aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Marketing strategies for aquaculture products - Answer (click here)
Economics and Financing of Aquaculture
- Economic viability - Economics and Financing of Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Data requirements - Economics and Financing of Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Analysis of data - Economics and Financing of Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Financial and economic feasibility of investment - Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Risk and insurance - Economics and Financing of Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
Farm Management
- Farm Management - Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Concepts and economic principles of farm management - Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Application of farm management principles in aquaculture - Answer (click here)
Management of Aquaculture
- Sustainability and environmental management of Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Pollutionary effects of waste discharges from aquatic farms - Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Controlled use of natural resources - Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Selection of sites and farming practices - Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Guidelines for sustainable aquaculture and transport of live aquatic animals - Answer (click here)
Carps
- Main species of carps (familyCyprinidae) used for culture - Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Common carps (familyCyprinidae) used for Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Chinese carps (familyCyprinidae) used for Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Indian carps (familyCyprinidae) used for Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Culture systems in Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Spawning and fry production of Carps - Answer (click here)
- Breeding of common carp - Spawning and fry production of Carps - Answer (click here)
- Selection and segregation of brood stock - Spawning and fry production of Carps - Answer (click here)
- Spawning and larval rearing - Spawning and fry production of Carps - Answer (click here)
- Hypophysation: Common carp - Spawning and fry production of Carps - Answer (click here)
- Hypophysation: Chinese carps - Spawning and fry production of Carps - Answer (click here)
- Hypophysation: Indian carps - Spawning and fry production of Carps - Answer (click here)
- Nursing of carp fry - Spawning and fry production of Carps - Answer (click here)
- Grow-out and polyculture - Carps - Answer (click here)
- Diseases and mortality of Carps - Answer (click here)
- Harvesting and marketing of Carps - Answer (click here)
Trouts and Salmons
- Trouts and Salmons - Answer (click here)
- Trouts - Answer (click here)
- Culture systems of Trouts - Answer (click here)
- Development of brood stock - Trouts - Answer (click here)
- Techniques of propagation - Trouts - Answer (click here)
- Grow-out - Trouts - Answer (click here)
- Salmons - Answer (click here)
- Culture systems - Salmons - Answer (click here)
- Techniques of propagation: production, Stripping, fertilization and hatching - Salmons - Answer (click here)
- Grow out - Salmons - Answer (click here)
- Feeds and feeding of salmonids - Answer (click here)
- Salmonid diseases - Answer (click here)
- Harvesting and processing - Salmons - Answer (click here)
- Economics - Salmons - Answer (click here)
Catfishes
- Catfishes - Answer (click here)
- Channel catfish - Answer (click here)
- Asian catfishes - Answer (click here)
- African catfish - Answer (click here)
- European catfish (family Siluridae) - Answer (click here)
- Culture systems - Channel catfish - Answer (click here)
- Propagation Technics: Brood stock, Spawning and fry production - Channel catfish - Answer (click here)
- Grow out - Channel catfish - Answer (click here)
- Diseases - Channel catfish - Answer (click here)
- Harvesting and marketing, Economics - Channel catfish - Answer (click here)
- Spawning and fry production of Clarias spp. - Asian catfishes - Answer (click here)
- Propagation of Pangasius - Asian catfishes - Answer (click here)
- Grow-out of Asian catfishes - Answer (click here)
- Diseases and Economics of Asian catfishes - Answer (click here)
- Spawning and fry production of African catfish - Answer (click here)
- Grow-out and feeds of African catfish - Answer (click here)
- Spawning and rearing of fry - European catfish (family Siluridae) - Answer (click here)
- Grow-out of European catfish (family Siluridae) - Answer (click here)
Eels
- Eels(family Anguillidae) - Answer (click here)
- Culture systems of Eels(family Anguillidae) - Answer (click here)
- Collection and rearing of seed eels - Answer (click here)
- Feeds and grow-out of adult eels - Answer (click here)
- Diseases and mortality of Eels - Answer (click here)
- Harvesting and marketing of Eels - Answer (click here)
- Economics of Eels - Answer (click here)
Tilapias
- Tilapias (family Cichlidae) - Answer (click here)
- Cultivated species of tilapias - Answer (click here)
- Culture systems of tilapias - Answer (click here)
- Spawning and production of seed stock - Tilapias - Answer (click here)
- Methods of spawning - Spawning and production of Tilapias seed stock - Answer (click here)
- Mono sex seed stock and hybrids - Spawning and production of Tilapias seed stock - Answer (click here)
- Grow out in ponds - Tilapias - Answer (click here)
- Cage and pen culture - Tilapias - Answer (click here)
- Tank and raceway culture - Tilapias - Answer (click here)
- Feeds and feeding - Tilapias - Answer (click here)
- Diseases and mortality of Tilapias - Answer (click here)
- Harvesting and marketing of Tilapias - Answer (click here)
- Economics - Tilapias - Answer (click here)
Grey Mullets and Milkfish
- Grey Mullets and Milkfish: Introduction - Answer (click here)
- Grey mullets (family Mugilidae) - Answer (click here)
- Culture systems of Grey mullets - Answer (click here)
- Fry collection and artificial propagation of Grey mullets - Answer (click here)
- Grow-out of Grey mullets - Answer (click here)
- Diseases of Grey mullets - Answer (click here)
- Milkfish - Answer (click here)
- Culture systems of Milkfish - Answer (click here)
- Fry collection and induced spawning of Milkfish - Answer (click here)
- Grow-out of Milkfish: Pond preparation, Feeding and pond management, Pen culture - Answer (click here)
- Harvesting and marketing of Milkfish - Answer (click here)
Yellowtail
- Yellowtail, Seriola quinqueradiata (family Carangidae) - Answer (click here)
- Culture systems of Yellowtail (Seriola quinqueradiata) - Answer (click here)
- Production of seedlings - Yellowtail (Seriola quinqueradiata) - Answer (click here)
- Grow-out of Yellowtail (Seriola quinqueradiata) - Answer (click here)
- Diseases of Yellowtail (Seriola quinqueradiata) - Answer (click here)
- Harvesting and marketing of Yellowtail (Seriola quinqueradiata) - Answer (click here)
Sea Basses and Sea Breams
- Sea-Basses and Sea-Breams: Introduction - Answer (click here)
- European sea-bass - Answer (click here)
- Asian sea-bass - Answer (click here)
- Gilthead sea-bream - Answer (click here)
- Red sea-bream - Answer (click here)
Other Finfishes
- Other Finfishes - Answer (click here)
- Murrels (snakeheads) - Answer (click here)
- Spawning and fry production of Murrels (snakeheads) - Answer (click here)
- Grow-out of Murrels (snakeheads) - Answer (click here)
- Gouramis - Answer (click here)
- Spawning and fry production of Gouramis - Answer (click here)
- Grow-out of Gouramis - Answer (click here)
- Groupers (Epinephelus - family Serranidae) - Answer (click here)
- Fry collection and induced spawning of Groupers (Epinephelus - family Serranidae) - Answer (click here)
- Nursing and grow-out of Groupers (Epinephelus) - Answer (click here)
- Rabbit fishes (family Siganidae) - Answer (click here)
- Fry collection and induced spawning of Rabbit fishes - Answer (click here)
- Grow-out of Rabbit fishes - Answer (click here)
- Turbot (Scophthalmusmaximus - family Scophthalmidae) - Answer (click here)
- Controlled spawning and hatchery production of juveniles - Answer (click here)
- Grow-out of Turbot - Answer (click here)
- cod (Gadus morhua) - Answer (click here)
- Tunas - Answer (click here)
Shrimps and Prawns
- Shrimps and Prawns: Introduction - Answer (click here)
- Major cultivated species of shrimps and prawns - Answer (click here)
- Shrimp culture systems - Answer (click here)
- Reproduction and larval rearing of shrimps - Answer (click here)
- Brood stock - Reproduction and larval rearing of shrimps - Answer (click here)
- Hatchery systems - Reproduction and larval rearing of shrimps - Answer (click here)
- Spawning and larval rearing - Answer (click here)
- Grow-out of shrimps - Answer (click here)
- Food and feeding of shrimps - Answer (click here)
- Diseases of shrimps - Answer (click here)
- Harvesting and marketing of shrimps - Answer (click here)
- Economics of shrimp farming - Answer (click here)
- Reproduction and larval rearing of fresh-water prawns - Answer (click here)
- Grow-out of fresh-water prawns - Answer (click here)
- Food and feeding - Grow-out of fresh-water prawns - Answer (click here)
- Diseases of fresh-water prawns - Answer (click here)
- Harvesting and marketing of fresh water prawns - Answer (click here)
- Economics of fresh-water prawn farming - Answer (click here)
Crayfishes and Crabs
- Crayfishes - Answer (click here)
- Culture of Procambarus clarkii(Crayfishes): Pond culture methods, Double cropping - Answer (click here)
- Crabs - Answer (click here)
- Culture of Scylla serrata(Crabs) - Answer (click here)
- Propagation of crabs in Japan - Answer (click here)
Oysters and Mussels
- Oysters and Mussels: Introduction - Answer (click here)
- Oysters - Answer (click here)
- Culture systems of Oysters - Answer (click here)
- Production of seed oysters - Answer (click here)
- Hatchery production of seed oysters - Answer (click here)
- Flat oysters - Answer (click here)
- Cupped oysters - Answer (click here)
- Rock oysters - Answer (click here)
- Harvesting, handling and marketing of Oysters - Answer (click here)
- Mussels - Answer (click here)
- Culture systems of Mussels - Answer (click here)
- Seed stock of Mussels - Answer (click here)
- Grow-out of Mussels - Answer (click here)
- Harvesting, depuration and marketing of Mussels - Answer (click here)
Clams Scallops and Abalones
- Clams - Answer (click here)
- Culture systems of Clams - Answer (click here)
- Hatchery production of Clams seed - Answer (click here)
- Grow-out of Clams - Answer (click here)
- Scallops - Answer (click here)
- Spat collection - Scallops - Answer (click here)
- Hatchery production of spat - Scallops - Answer (click here)
- Grow-out of Scallops - Answer (click here)
- Abalones - Answer (click here)
- Controlled reproduction and larval rearing - Abalones - Answer (click here)
- Grow-out of Abalones - Answer (click here)
Seaweeds
- Seaweeds - Answer (click here)
- Culture systems of Seaweeds - Answer (click here)
- Porphyra culture practices - Seaweeds - Answer (click here)
- Culture of Undaria - Seaweeds - Answer (click here)
- Culture of Laminaria - Seaweeds - Answer (click here)
- Culture of other edible seaweeds - Answer (click here)
- Culture of seaweeds for industrial use - Answer (click here)
Integration of Aquaculture with Crop and Livestock Farming
- Rationale of integrated farming - Answer (click here)
- Integrated farming of fish and livestock - Answer (click here)
- Pig and fish farming - Integrated farming of fish and livestock - Answer (click here)
- Duck and fish farming - Integrated farming of fish and livestock - Answer (click here)
- Farming of other animals in association with fish - Answer (click here)
- Objectives and types of rice-field aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Rice fish rotation - Answer (click here)
- Combined culture of rice and fish - Rice field aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Polyculture of bivalves and seaweeds in marine environments - Answer (click here)
Stocking of Open Waters and Ranching
- Stocking of Open Waters and Ranching - Answer (click here)
- Reservoirs - Open water stocking - Answer (click here)
- Lakes and streams - Open water stocking - Answer (click here)
- Coastal and inland seas - Open water stocking - Answer (click here)
- Ranching of anadromous species - Answer (click here)
- Salmons - Ranching of anadromous species - Answer (click here)
- Sturgeons - Ranching of anadromous species - Answer (click here)
- Ownership and regulation of fishing - Answer (click here)
Disease development
- Disease development - Health Management in Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- How Disease Develops - Health Management in Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Disease Diagnosis - Health Management in Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
Viral diseases
- Characteristics of Virus - Health Management in Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Epizootic Ulcerative Syndrome (EUS) - Viral Infections In Fish - Answer (click here)
- Channel Catfish Virus Disease (CCVD) - Viral Infections In Fish - Answer (click here)
- Grass Carp Hemorrhagic Disease - Viral Infections In Fish - Answer (click here)
- Spinning Tilapia (ST) - Viral Infections In Fish - Answer (click here)
- Viral Nervous Necrosis (VNN) - Viral Infections In Fish - Answer (click here)
- Lymphocystis Disease - Viral Infections In Fish - Answer (click here)
- Grouper Iridovirus of Taiwan Disease (TGIV) - Viral Infections In Fish - Answer (click here)
- Sleepy Grouper Disease (SGD) - Viral Infections In Fish - Answer (click here)
- White Spot Syndrome Virus (WSSV) Disease - Viral Infections in Penaeid Shrimps - Answer (click here)
- Yellow Head Virus (YHV) Disease - Viral Infections in Penaeid Shrimps - Answer (click here)
- Monodon Baculovirus (MBV) Disease - Viral Infections in Penaeid Shrimps - Answer (click here)
- Infectious Hypodermal and Hematopoietic Virus (IHHNV) Disease - Viral Infections in Penaeid Shrimps - Answer (click here)
- Hepatopancreatic Parvo-like Virus (HPV) Disease - Viral Infections in Penaeid Shrimps - Answer (click here)
- Prevention of Viral Infections in Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
Bacterial diseases
- Bacterial diseases - Health Management in Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- What are Bacteria? - Answer (click here)
- Identifying the real cause of a disease; Koch’s Postulates - Answer (click here)
- Columnaris Disease - Bacterial Diseases of Fish - Answer (click here)
- Edwardsiella Septicaemia or Edwardsiellosis - Bacterial Diseases of Fish - Answer (click here)
- Motile Aeromonad Septicemia - Bacterial Diseases of Fish - Answer (click here)
- Pseudomonad Septicemia or Red Spot Disease - Bacterial Diseases of Fish - Answer (click here)
- Streptococcal Infection - Bacterial Diseases of Fish - Answer (click here)
- Mycobacteriosis or Piscine Tuberculosis - Bacterial Diseases of Fish - Answer (click here)
- Filamentous Bacterial Disease - Bacterial Diseases of Crustaceans - Answer (click here)
- Cuticular or Subcuticular Localized Infections - Bacterial Diseases of Crustaceans - Answer (click here)
- Luminous Bacterial Disease - Internal or Systemic Infections of Crustaceans - Answer (click here)
- Non-luminous Vibrios Bacterial Disease - Internal or Systemic Infections of Crustaceans - Answer (click here)
Fungal diseases
- Fungal diseases - Health Management in Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- What are Fungi? - Answer (click here)
- Saprolegniosis (Saprolegniasis) - Fungal Diseases of Fish - Answer (click here)
- Epizootic Ulcerative Syndrome (EUS) - Fungal Diseases of Fish - Answer (click here)
- Branchiomycosis (Gill Rot) - Fungal Diseases of Fish - Answer (click here)
- Ichthyophoniasis (Ichthyosporidiosis) - Fungal Diseases of Fish - Answer (click here)
- Larval Mycosis - Fungal Diseases of Crustaceans - Answer (click here)
- Black Gill Disease (Fusarium Disease) - Fungal Diseases of Crustaceans - Answer (click here)
- Aflatoxicosis (Red Disease) - Fungal Diseases of Crustaceans - Answer (click here)
Parasitic diseases and pests
- Parasitic diseases and pests - Health Management in Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Protozoan Infestations: Ciliates, Flagellates, Myxosporeans - Fish Diseases Caused by Parasites - Answer (click here)
- Monogenean Infestations - Fish Diseases Caused by Parasites - Answer (click here)
- Digenean Infestations - Fish Diseases Caused by Parasites - Answer (click here)
- Cestode Infestations - Fish Diseases Caused by Parasites - Answer (click here)
- Nematode Infestations - Fish Diseases Caused by Parasites - Answer (click here)
- Acanthocephalan Infestations - Fish Diseases Caused by Parasites - Answer (click here)
- Crustacean Infestations - Fish Diseases Caused by Parasites - Answer (click here)
- Marine Leech Infestations - Fish Diseases Caused by Parasites - Answer (click here)
- Mollusc Infestation - Fish Diseases Caused by Parasites - Answer (click here)
- Protozoan Infestation - Crustacean Diseases Caused By Parasites - Answer (click here)
- Sporozoans - Crustacean Diseases Caused By Parasites - Answer (click here)
- Microsporeans - Crustacean Diseases Caused By Parasites - Answer (click here)
- Life Cycle Patterns of Fish Parasites - Answer (click here)
Environmental and other non infectious diseases
- Gas Bubble Disease - Fish Diseases - Answer (click here)
- Swimbladder stress syndrome (SBSS) - Fish Diseases - Answer (click here)
- Fish Diseases Associated With Physico-Chemical Properties of Water - Answer (click here)
- Shrimp Diseases Associated With Physico-Chemical properties of Water - Answer (click here)
- Muscle Necrosis - Shrimp Diseases - Answer (click here)
- Black Gill Disease - Shrimp Diseases - Answer (click here)
- Red Disease - Shrimp Diseases - Answer (click here)
- Chronic Soft-Shell Syndrome Soft-Shelling - Shrimp Diseases - Answer (click here)
Nutritional diseases
- Types of Feeds - fish in aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Components of Feeds - fish in aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Determining the nutritional status of fish - Answer (click here)
- Nutritional deficiency diseases of fish - Answer (click here)
- Nutritional diseases of shrimps - Answer (click here)
- Feed quality problems with health implications - Answer (click here)
Physical environmental and chemical methods of disease prevention and control
- Physical methods of disease prevention and control in Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Environmental methods of disease prevention and control in Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Chemical methods of disease prevention and control in Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Disadvantages of Chemical Treatment in Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Prevention of Drug Resistance in Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Principles of Bioassay - Health Management in Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
Immunity and biological methods of disease prevention and control
- Immunity and biological methods of disease prevention and control in Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- The fish immune system - Answer (click here)
- Innate or Non-specific Immunity - The fish immune system - Answer (click here)
- Cellular Barriers of the Innate Immune System - The fish immune system - Answer (click here)
- Adaptive or Specific Immunity - The fish immune system - Answer (click here)
- Humoral immunity - The fish immune system - Answer (click here)
- Antibody Production - The fish immune system - Answer (click here)
- Immunologic Memory - The fish immune system - Answer (click here)
- Cellular Immunity - The fish immune system - Answer (click here)
- Crustacean immune system - Answer (click here)
- Defense Mechanisms in Crustaceans - Answer (click here)
- Immunosuppression - Health Management in Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Avoidance of Pathogens - biological methods of disease prevention and control in Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- The Role of Stress in Disease - biological methods of disease prevention and control in Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Improvements in Host Resistance - biological methods of disease prevention and control in Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Biological Modification of the Culture System in Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
Immunological and molecular biology techniques in disease diagnosis
- Immunological techniques in disease diagnosis - Health Management in Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Agglutination - Aquaculture Immunological techniques in disease diagnosis - Answer (click here)
- Precipitation - Aquaculture Immunological techniques in disease diagnosis - Answer (click here)
- Fluorescent Antibody Technique (FAT) - Aquaculture Immunological techniques in disease diagnosis - Answer (click here)
- Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) - Aquaculture Immunological techniques in disease diagnosis - Answer (click here)
- Western Blotting - Aquaculture Immunological techniques in disease diagnosis - Answer (click here)
- Molecular biology techniques in disease diagnosis - Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Gene probe assays - Aquaculture Molecular biology techniques in disease diagnosis - Answer (click here)
- Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) - Aquaculture Molecular biology techniques in disease diagnosis - Answer (click here)
Harmful and toxic algae
- Harmful and toxic algae - Health Management in Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Conditions that stimulate harmful and toxic algal blooms - Answer (click here)
- Types of harmful and toxic algal blooms - Health Management in Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
- Effects of harmful and toxic algal blooms to fish and marine environment - Answer (click here)
- Strategies in coping with the problem of harmful and toxic algal blooms - Aquaculture - Answer (click here)
Introduction
- The science of ichthyology - Answer (click here)
- What is a fish? - Answer (click here)
- The diversity of fishes - Answer (click here)
- Superlative fishes - Answer (click here)
- A brief history of ichthyology - Answer (click here)
Systematic procedures
- Species - Answer (click here)
- Taxonomy versus systematics - Answer (click here)
- Approaches to classification - Answer (click here)
- Taxonomic characters - Diversity of Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Vertebrate classes - Answer (click here)
- Units of classification - The Diversity of Fishes - Answer (click here)
- International Code of Zoological Nomenclature - Answer (click here)
- PhyloCode - Answer (click here)
- Name changes - Diversity of Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Collections - Diversity of Fishes - Answer (click here)
Skeleton skin and scales
- Skeleton of Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Neurocranium - Skeleton of Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Branchiocranium - Skeleton of Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Postcranial skeleton - Skeleton of Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Appendicular skeleton - Skeleton of Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Epidermis - Integumentary skeleton of Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Scales - Integumentary skeleton of Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Scale morphology in taxonomy and life history - Integumentary skeleton of Fishes - Answer (click here)
Soft anatomy
- Muscles - Anatomy of Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Cardiovascular system of Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Alimentary canal of Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Gas bladder of Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Kidneys of Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Gonads of Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Nervous system of Fishes - Answer (click here)
Oxygen metabolism and energetics
- Respiration and ventilation of Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Water as arespiratory environment - Respiration and ventilation of Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Aquatic breathing - Respiration and ventilation of Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Air-breathing fishes - Answer (click here)
- Gas transport of Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Metabolic rate of Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Swimming of Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Buoyancy regulation of Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Energy intake of Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Bioenergetics models of Fishes - Answer (click here)
Sensory systems
- Mechanoreception - Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Lateral line system - Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Equilibrium and balance - Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Hearing in fishes - Answer (click here)
- Electroreception - Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Electroreceptors - Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Electrical communication - Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Electrical attack and defense - Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Vision - Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Visual adaptations for special habitats - Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Chemoreception - Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Magnetic reception - Fishes - Answer (click here)
Homeostasis
- Coordination and control of regulation - Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Temperature relationships - Fishes: Homeostasis - Answer (click here)
- Coping with temperature fluctuation - Fishes: Homeostasis - Answer (click here)
- Heterothermic fishes - Answer (click here)
- Coping with temperature extremes - Fishes: Homeostasis - Answer (click here)
- Thermal preference - Fishes: Homeostasis - Answer (click here)
- Osmoregulation, excretion, ion and pH balance - Fishes: Homeostasis - Answer (click here)
- Osmoregulation in different types of fishes - Answer (click here)
- Control of osmoregulation and excretion - Fishes: Homeostasis - Answer (click here)
- pH balance - Fishes: Homeostasis - Answer (click here)
- The immune system of Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Stress - Fishes: Homeostasis - Answer (click here)
- Indicators of stress - Fishes: Homeostasis - Answer (click here)
Functional morphology of locomotion and feeding
- Locomotion: movement and shape - Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Locomotory types - Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Specialized locomotion - Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Swimming in sharks: the alternative approach - Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Feeding: biting, sucking,chewing, and swallowing - Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Jaw protrusion: the great leap forward - Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Pharyngeal jaws - Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Dentition - Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Mouth position and function - Fishes - Answer (click here)
Early life history
- Complex life cycles and indeterminate growth - Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Early life history:terminology - Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Gametogenesis - Eggs and sperm of Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Fertilization - Eggs and sperm of Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Embryology - Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Meristic variation - Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Larvae - Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Larval feeding and survival - Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Larval behavior and physiology - Answer (click here)
- Larval morphology and taxonomy - Answer (click here)
- Getting from here to there: larval transport mechanisms - Answer (click here)
Juveniles adults age and growth
- Juveniles - Answer (click here)
- Transitions and transitional stages - Juveniles - Answer (click here)
- Complex transitions: smoltificationin salmon, metamorphosis in flatfish - Answer (click here)
- Determination, differentiation, and maturation - Adults Adults - Answer (click here)
- Maturation and longevity - Adults Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Death and senescence - Adults Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Age - Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Growth - Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Body size, scaling, and allometry - Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Ontogenetic differences within species - Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Evolution via adjustments in development: heterochrony, paedomorphosis, and neoteny - Fishes - Answer (click here)
A history of fishes
- A history of fishes - Answer (click here)
- Jawless fishes - A history of fishes - Answer (click here)
- Subphylum Craniata, Infraphylum Vertebrata - A history of fishes - Answer (click here)
- Later evolution of primitive agnathous fishes - Answer (click here)
- Gnathostomes: early jawed fishes - Answer (click here)
- Class Placodermi - Gnathostomes: early jawed fishes - Answer (click here)
- Advanced jawed fishes I: teleostomes (Osteichthyes) - Answer (click here)
- Class Acanthodii - Advanced jawed fishes I: teleostomes (Osteichthyes) - Answer (click here)
- Class Sarcopterygii - Advanced jawed fishes I: teleostomes (Osteichthyes) - Answer (click here)
- Tetrapodamorphs: tetrapod ancestors - Advanced jawed fishes : teleostomes (Osteichthyes) - Answer (click here)
- Class Actinopterygii - Advanced jawed fishes : teleostomes (Osteichthyes) - Answer (click here)
- Subclass Cladistia - Class Actinopterygii, Advanced jawed fishes : teleostomes (Osteichthyes) - Answer (click here)
- Subclass Chondrostei - Class Actinopterygii, Advanced jawed fishes : teleostomes (Osteichthyes) - Answer (click here)
- Subclass Neopterygii - Class Actinopterygii, Advanced jawed fishes : teleostomes (Osteichthyes) - Answer (click here)
- Division Teleostei - Class Actinopterygii, Advanced jawed fishes : teleostomes (Osteichthyes) - Answer (click here)
- Trends during teleostean phylogeny - Answer (click here)
- Advanced jawed fishes II: Chondrichthyes - Answer (click here)
- Subclass Elasmobranchii - Advanced jawed fishes: Chondrichthyes - Answer (click here)
- Subclass Holocephali - Advanced jawed fishes: Chondrichthyes - Answer (click here)
- A history of fishes: summary and overview - Answer (click here)
Chondrichthyes sharks skates rays and chimaeras
- Subclass Elasmobranchii - Answer (click here)
- Modern neoselachian diversity - Subclass Elasmobranchii - Answer (click here)
- Body size - Subclass Elasmobranchii - Answer (click here)
- Habitats - Subclass Elasmobranchii - Answer (click here)
- Movement and home ranges - Subclass Elasmobranchii - Answer (click here)
- Metabolism and growth rate: life in the slow lane - Subclass Elasmobranchii - Answer (click here)
- Feeding habits - Subclass Elasmobranchii - Answer (click here)
- Sensory physiology - Subclass Elasmobranchii - Answer (click here)
- Reproduction and development - Subclass Elasmobranchii - Answer (click here)
- Shark conservation - Subclass Elasmobranchii - Answer (click here)
- Chimaeras - Subclass Holocephali - Answer (click here)
Living representatives of primitive fishes
- Amphioxiforms - Jawless fishes - Answer (click here)
- Hagfishes and lampreys: evolutionary relationships - Jawless fishes - Answer (click here)
- Myxiniforms - Jawless fishes - Answer (click here)
- Petromyzontiforms - Jawless fishes - Answer (click here)
- Subclass Coelacanthimorpha: the living coelacanths - Primitive bony fishes - Answer (click here)
- The living coelacanths, at least for now - Answer (click here)
- Subclass Dipnoi, Order Ceratodontiformes: the lungfishes - Primitive bony fishes - Answer (click here)
- Class Actinopterygii, Subclass Cladistia: bichirs and Reedfish - Primitive bony fishes - Answer (click here)
- Cladistian autapomorphic and synapomorphic traits - Answer (click here)
- Class Actinopterygii, Subclass Chondrostei, Order Acipenseriformes: sturgeons and paddlefishes - Answer (click here)
- Acipenseridae - Class Actinopterygii, Subclass Chondrostei, Order Acipenseriformes: sturgeons and paddlefishes - Answer (click here)
- Polyodontidae - Class Actinopterygii, Subclass Chondrostei, Order Acipenseriformes: sturgeons and paddlefishes - Answer (click here)
- Subclass Neopterygii, Order Lepisosteiformes (or Semionotiformes): the gars - Answer (click here)
- Order Amiiformes: the Bowfin - Answer (click here)
Teleosts at last I bonytongues through anglerfishes
- Teleostean phylogeny - Answer (click here)
- Subdivision Osteoglossomorpha - teleostean fishes - Answer (click here)
- Subdivision Elopomorpha - teleostean fishes - Answer (click here)
- Subdivision Otocephala (= Ostarioclupeomorpha), Superorder Clupeomorpha - teleostean fishes - Answer (click here)
- Subdivision Otocephala (= Ostarioclupeomorpha), Superorder Ostariophysi - teleostean fishes - Answer (click here)
- Subdivision Euteleostei - teleostean fishes - Answer (click here)
- Subdivision Euteostei, Superorder Protacanthopterygii - teleostean fishes - Answer (click here)
- Neognathi - Answer (click here)
- Acanthomorpha: thespiny teleosts - Answer (click here)
- Superorder Lampriomorpha - Acanthomorpha: thespiny teleosts - Answer (click here)
- Superorder Polymixiomorpha - Acanthomorpha: thespiny teleosts - Answer (click here)
Teleosts at last IIspiny rayed fishes
- Superorder Acanthopterygii: introduction - Answer (click here)
- Series Mugilomorpha - Answer (click here)
- Series Atherinomorpha - Answer (click here)
- Series Percomorpha:basal orders - Answer (click here)
- Series Percomorpha, Order Perciformes: the perchlike fishes - Answer (click here)
- Suborder Percoidea - Answer (click here)
- Suborder Elassomatoidei - Answer (click here)
- Suborder Labroidei - Answer (click here)
- Suborder Zoarcoidei - Answer (click here)
- Suborder Notothenioidei - Answer (click here)
- Suborder Trachinoidei - Answer (click here)
- Suborder Blennioidei - Answer (click here)
- Suborders Icosteoidei,Gobiesocoidei, and Callionymoidei - Answer (click here)
- Suborder Gobioidei - Answer (click here)
- Suborder Kurtoidei - Answer (click here)
- Suborder Acanthuroidei - Answer (click here)
- Suborder Xiphioidei - Answer (click here)
- Suborder Scombroidei - Answer (click here)
- Suborder Stromateoidei - Answer (click here)
- Suborder Anabantoidei - Answer (click here)
- Suborder Channoidei - Answer (click here)
- Suborder Caproidei - Answer (click here)
- Order Pleuronectiformes - Answer (click here)
- Order Tetraodontiformes - Answer (click here)
Zoogeography
- Marine fishes - Answer (click here)
- Major ecological divisions - Marine fishes - Answer (click here)
- Marine zoogeographic regions fishes - Answer (click here)
- Indo-West Pacific region - Marine zoogeographic regions fishes - Answer (click here)
- Western Atlantic region - Marine zoogeographic regions fishes - Answer (click here)
- Eastern Pacific region - Marine zoogeographic regions fishes - Answer (click here)
- Eastern Atlantic region - Marine zoogeographic regions fishes - Answer (click here)
- Mediterranean Sea - Marine zoogeographic regions fishes - Answer (click here)
- Arctic and Antarctic fishes - Marine zoogeographic regions fishes - Answer (click here)
- Freshwater fishes - Answer (click here)
- Nearctic region Freshwater Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Neotropical region Freshwater Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Palearctic region Freshwater Fishes - Answer (click here)
- African region Freshwater Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Oriental region Freshwater Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Australian region Freshwater Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Archaic freshwater fish distributions - Answer (click here)
- More recent freshwater fish distributions - Answer (click here)
- Similarities between South American and African freshwater fishes - Answer (click here)
- Middle American freshwater fishes - Answer (click here)
Fish genetics
- Fish genomics - Answer (click here)
- Molecular ecology - Fish genetics - Answer (click here)
- Population genetics - Fish genetics - Answer (click here)
- Dispersal and population structure - Fish genetics - Answer (click here)
- Pelagic larval duration and population structure - Fish genetics - Answer (click here)
- Habitat preference - Fish genetics - Answer (click here)
- Complex population structure - Fish genetics - Answer (click here)
- Fish genetics: Phylogeography - Answer (click here)
- Dispersal and vicariance revisited - Fish genetics: Phylogeography - Answer (click here)
- Freshwater fishes - Fish genetics: Phylogeography - Answer (click here)
- Anadromous fishes - Fish genetics: Phylogeography - Answer (click here)
- Marine fishes - Fish genetics: Phylogeography - Answer (click here)
- Transarctic interchange between the North Pacific and North Atlantic - Fish genetics: Phylogeography - Answer (click here)
- Molecular evolution - Fish genetics - Answer (click here)
- The deepest vertebrate radiations: are you a fish? - Answer (click here)
- The history of ray-finned fishes - Answer (click here)
- Mapping an evolutionary innovation in parrotfishes - Answer (click here)
- Cryptic evolutionary diversity: the case of the bonefishes - Answer (click here)
- The cichlid radiation of Lake Malawi - Answer (click here)
- Conservation genetics - Fish genetics - Answer (click here)
- Molecular identification in the marketplace - Fish genetics - Answer (click here)
Special habitats and special adaptations
- The deep sea - Answer (click here)
- Physical factors affecting the deep sea - Diversity of Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Convergence in the deep sea - Diversity of Fishes - Answer (click here)
- The open sea - Answer (click here)
- Adaptations to the open sea - Answer (click here)
- Foraging - Answer (click here)
- Life history patterns in pelagic fishes - Answer (click here)
- Flotsam - Answer (click here)
- Evolution and convergence - Deep sea - Answer (click here)
- Polar regions - Diversity of Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Antarctic fishes - Answer (click here)
- Adaptations and constraints of Antarctic fishes - Answer (click here)
- Arctic fishes - Answer (click here)
- Deserts and other seasonally arid habitats - Diversity of Fishes - Answer (click here)
- North American deserts - Diversity of Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Strong currents and turbulent water - Diversity of Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Caves - Diversity of Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Adaptations to cave living - Diversity of Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Preadaptation, evolution, and convergence in cave fishes - Answer (click here)
Fishes as predators
- Search and detect - Fishes as predators - Answer (click here)
- Pursuit - Fishes as predators - Answer (click here)
- Attack and capture - Fishes as predators - Answer (click here)
- Handling - Fishes as predators - Answer (click here)
- Scavengers, detritivores, and herbivores - Fishes as predators - Answer (click here)
- Optimally foraging fishes - Fishes as predators - Answer (click here)
Fishes as prey
- Avoiding detection: Camouflage - Fishes as prey - Answer (click here)
- Avoiding detection: Invisible fishes - Fishes as prey - Answer (click here)
- Avoiding detection: Early detection - Fishes as prey - Answer (click here)
- Avoiding detection: Shoaling and search - Fishes as prey - Answer (click here)
- Evading pursuit - Fishes as prey - Answer (click here)
- Preventing and deflecting attacks - Fishes as prey - Answer (click here)
- Discouraging capture and handling - Fishes as prey - Answer (click here)
- Balancing foraging against predatory threat - Fishes as prey - Answer (click here)
Fishes as social animals reproduction
- Reproductive patterns among fishes - Answer (click here)
- Lifetime reproductive opportunities - Reproductive patterns among fishes - Answer (click here)
- Mating systems - Reproductive patterns among fishes - Answer (click here)
- Gender roles in fishes - Reproductive patterns among fishes - Answer (click here)
- Sexual selection, dimorphism, and mate choice - Fishes as social animals: Courtship and spawning - Answer (click here)
- Spawning site selection and preparation - Fishes as social animals: Courtship and spawning - Answer (click here)
- Courtship patterns - Fishes as social animals: Courtship and spawning - Answer (click here)
- Spawning site selection and preparation - Fishes as social animals: Courtship and spawning - Answer (click here)
- The spawning act - Fishes as social animals - Answer (click here)
- Extent and diversity of care - Parental care of Fishes - Answer (click here)
- The gender of care-givers - Parental care of Fishes - Answer (click here)
- The costs of care - Parental care of Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Alternative mating systems and tactics - Fishes as social animals - Answer (click here)
Fishes as social animals aggregation aggression and cooperation
- Visual communication of Fishes - Fishes as social animals - Answer (click here)
- Acoustic communication of Fishes - Fishes as social animals - Answer (click here)
- Chemical communication of Fishes - Fishes as social animals - Answer (click here)
- Tactile communication of Fishes - Fishes as social animals - Answer (click here)
- Electrical communication of Fishes - Fishes as social animals - Answer (click here)
- Agonistic interactions of Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Behavioral hierarchies - Agonistic interactions of Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Territoriality - Agonistic interactions of Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Home ranges - Agonistic interactions of Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Aggregations Shoaling of Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Optimal group size - Aggregations of Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Parasitism - Interspecific relations of Fishes: symbioses - Answer (click here)
- Mutualism and commensalism - Interspecific relations of Fishes: symbioses - Answer (click here)
- Interspecific shoaling - Interspecific relations of Fishes: symbioses - Answer (click here)
Cycles of activity and behavior
- Light-induced activity patterns - Fishes: Diel patterns - Answer (click here)
- Vertical migrations - Fishes: Diel patterns - Answer (click here)
- Circadian rhythms - Fishes: Diel patterns - Answer (click here)
- Tidal patterns - Fishes: Diel patterns - Answer (click here)
- Semilunar and lunar patterns - Diversity of Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Activity and distribution - Seasonal patterns of Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Reproductive seasonality - Seasonal patterns of Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Seasonal reproduction: proximate and ultimate factors - Seasonal patterns of Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Annual and supra-annual patterns: migrations of Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Diadromy - Annual and supra-annual patterns: migrations of Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Mechanisms of migration - Annual and supra-annual patterns: migrations of Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Representative life histories of migratory fishes - Answer (click here)
Individuals populations and assemblages
- Life histories and reproductive ecology of Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Population dynamics and regulation - Diversity of Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Production of Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Genetic structure of populations - Diversity of Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Hybridization - Diversity of Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Assemblages - Diversity of Fishes - Answer (click here)
- Niches and guilds: the ecological role of a species - Diversity of Fishes: Assemblages - Answer (click here)
- Habitat use and choice - Diversity of Fishes: Assemblages - Answer (click here)
- Habitat choice and spatial structure: zonation - Diversity of Fishes: Assemblages - Answer (click here)
- Competition - Diversity of Fishes: Assemblages - Answer (click here)
- Predation - Diversity of Fishes: Assemblages - Answer (click here)
- Synthesis: what determines assemblage structure among coral reef fishes? - Answer (click here)
Communities ecosystems and the functional role of fishes
- Community-level interactions between fishes and other taxonomic groups - Answer (click here)
- The effects of fishes on plants - Answer (click here)
- Effects of fishes on zooplankton - Answer (click here)
- Effects of fishes on benthic invertebrates - Answer (click here)
- Turnover rates and the inverted food pyramid - Effects of fishes - Answer (click here)
- Fishes in the ecosystem - Answer (click here)
- Indirect effects and trophic cascades - Fishes in the ecosystem - Answer (click here)
- Nutrient cycling and transport by fishes - Answer (click here)
- Fishes in food webs - Answer (click here)
- Fishes as producers and transporters of sand, coral, and rocks - Answer (click here)
- Influence of physical factors and disturbance - Diversity of Fishes - Answer (click here)
Conservation and the future of fishes
- Extinction and biodiversity loss - Answer (click here)
- Threatened and endangered fishes - Extinction and biodiversity loss - Answer (click here)
- General causes of biodiversity decline - Answer (click here)
- Habitat loss and modification - General causes of fish biodiversity decline - Answer (click here)
- Species introductions - General causes of fish biodiversity decline - Answer (click here)
- Pollution - General causes of fish biodiversity decline - Answer (click here)
- Commercial exploitation - General causes of fish biodiversity decline - Answer (click here)
- Global climate change - General causes of fish biodiversity decline - Answer (click here)
- What can be done against fish Biodiversity loss? - Answer (click here)
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