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Authors: Balfour Hepher
ISBN-13: 9780521105477, ISBN-10: 0521105471
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: March 2009
Edition: (Non-applicable)

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Author Biography: Balfour Hepher

Book Synopsis

This book reviews the subject of fish nutrition, one of the key aspects of aquacultural systems.

Table of Contents

Introduction;
Part I. Food Requirement:
1. The balance of energy;
2. Ingestion, digestion and absorption of food;
3. Energy pathways;
4. Maintenance;
5. Growth;
6. Requirement for protein;
7. Other essential nutrients;
Part II. Food Sources and their Utilisation:
8. Natural food and its estimation;
9. Food, fish growth and fish yield relationships;
10. Supplementary feed and its utilisation; Appendices; References.

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