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An epizootic of infectious hepatopancreatic and lymphoid organ necrosis disease in cultured Penaeus monodon: a case study
Type: Journal Article
Shrimp disease of viral origin have caused large production losses worldwide. This paper presents a case study of shrimp (Penaeus monodon; Penaeus indicus) epizootic disease, covering an area of 1,050 ha in Andhra Pradesh, ...
Fish demand and supply projections
Type: Journal Article
It has been predicted that the global demand for fish for human consumption will increase by more than 50% over the next 15 years. The FAO has projected that the increase in supply will originate primarily from marine ...
A quantitative approach for assessing the productive performance and ecological contributions of smallholder farms
Type: Journal Article
A pragmatic framework for monitoring, modelling, analysing, and comparing the state and performance of integrated agroecosystems is proposed. Four smallholder rice farms (1.36€“2.76 hectares) €” including monoculture rice ...
An algorithm for identifying misspellings and synonyms in lists of scientific names of fishes
Type: Journal Article
A computerized algorithm is presented for the examination of lists of scientific names, assigning current names to known synonyms and misspellings, and suggesting the most probable correct name for new combinations and new ...
Growth of juvenile Actinopyga mauritiana (Holothuroidea) in captivity
Type: Journal Article
In this study, we examined the growth of juvenile Actinopyga mauritiana in captivity at three levels of stocking biomass, and under two feeding regimes, for 12 months. We chose this species because of its availability on ...
Population parameters of Penaeus californiensis in the Gulf of Guayaquil, Ecuador
Type: Journal Article
The growth, mortality, and recruitment pattern of Penaeus californiensis were investigated using tail length (TL)-frequency data obtained from the Gulf of Guayaquil shrimp population. Computer-based methods of tail-frequency ...
Culture of prawn in rotation with shrimp
Type: Journal Article
A progressive farmer in Tamil Nadu state, India experimented with crop rotation and successfully cultured Penaeus monodon during the dry season and Macrobrachium rosenbergii during the wet season. The details of M. rosenbergii ...
Length-weight relationship of fishes caught in the Itaipu Reservoir, Parana, Brazil
Type: Journal Article
Parameters and related statistics of the length-weight relationship of the form W=aL super(b) are presented for 72 species of fish caught in the area of the Itaipu Reservoir in Parana, Brazil. The b values varied between ...
Structuring dynamic models of exploited ecosystems from trophic mass-balance assessment
Type: Journal Article
The linear equations that describe trophic fluxes in mass-balance, equilibrium assessments of ecosystems (such as in the ECOPATH approach) can be re-expressed as differential equations defining trophic interactions as ...
Length-girth relationships of Barbodes gonionotus and Hampala macrolepidota in the Jatiluhur reservoir, Indonesia
Type: Journal Article
The length-girth relationships of Javanese carp (Barbodes gonionotus) and hampal carp (Hampala macrolepidota) in the Jatilujur Reservoir, Indonesia were examined. The equations derived from estimating the maximum girth of ...