1st Edition

Revival: Handbook of Nutrient Requirements of Finfish (1991)

By Robert P. Wilson Copyright 1991
    204 Pages
    by CRC Press

    204 Pages
    by CRC Press

    A one-of-a-kind book for researchers interested in finfish nutrition

    Handbook of Nutrient Requirements of Finfish provides a summary of qualitative and quantitative nutrient requirements for almost all cultured finfish for which a significant amount of nutritional information now exists. Information is presented by species and includes how each species is cultured, an index of production, regional locations where each species is being cultured, examples of purified or test diets and special conditions required for laboratory studies, nutrient requirements and practical diet formulation. Discussions of special diets and feeding practices are included for certain species. This book will be a useful guide for students, researchers, practicing nutritionists, aquaculturists, and feed manufacturers interested in fish nutrition.

    Arctic Char, Salvelinus alpinus L. (Malcolm Jobling). Asian Seabass, Lates calcarifer (Mali Boonyaratpalin). Atlantic Salmon, Salmo salar (Ståle Helland, Trond Storebakken and Barbara Grisdale-Helland). Ayu, Plecoglossus altivelis (Akio Kanazawa). Brazilian Finfish, Tambaqui, Pacu and Matrinxã (Newton Castagnolli). Channel Catfish, Ictalurus punctatus (Robert P. Wilson). Common Carp, Cyprinus carpio (Shuichi Satoh). Eel, Anguilla spp. (Shigeru Arai). Flatfish, Turbot, Sole, and Plaice (Jean Guillaume, Marie-Francoise Coustans, Robert Métailler, Jeannine Person-Le Ruyet and Jean Robin). Gilthead Seabream, Sparus aurata (George Wm. Kissil). Grass Carp, Ctenopharyngodon idella (Lin Ding). Milkfish, Chanos chanos (Chharn Lim). Pacific Salmon, Oncorhynchus spp. (Ronald W. Hardy). Puffer Fish, Fugu rubripes (Akio Kanazawa). Rainbow Trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss (C. Young Cho and Colin B. Cowey). Red Drum, Sciaenops ocellatus (Edwin H. Robinson). Sturgeon, Acipenser spp. (Silas S.O. Hung). Temperate Basses, Morone spp., and Black Basses, Micropterus spp. (Thomas M. Brandt). Tilapia, Oreochromis spp. (Pierre Luquet). Yellowtail, Seriola quinqueradiata (Sadao Shimeno).