Freshwater Aquaculture: A Functional Approach

Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Table of Contents
Preamble
Acknowledgements
1. Aquaculture: Types
	1. Introduction
	2. Types of aquaculture
	3. Integrated Multi-trophic Aquaculture (IMTA)
	4. Mariculture
	5. Aquaponics
	6. Fish rearing in cages (Cage culture)
	7. Fish culture in pens
	8. Biofloc technology in aquaculture
	9. Polyculture-Utilization of all ecological niches of pond ecosystem
	10. Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS)
	11. Integrated Fish Farming
	12. Composite fish culture
	13. Proximate composition of fish flesh
	14. Chemical composition of fish
	15. Dietary Vitamin requirements in fish
	16. Ecological niche of a pond
	17. Aquatic weeds
	18. Fish toxicants
2. Soil and Water Quality for Aquaculture
	1. Introduction
	2. Pond soil characteristics
	3. Pond preparation techniques
	4. Biotic components of natural waters
3. Diversification and Alternatives of Carp Culture
	1. Introduction
	2. Small Indigenous Freshwater Fish Species of India
		i) Culture possibilities of Pangasianodon hypopthalmus
		ii) Culture possibilities of Chanos chanos
		iii) Culture possibilities of Clarias batrachus
		iv) Culture possibilities of Heteropneustes fossilis
		v) Culture possibilities of Puntius sarana
		vi) Culture possibilities of Oreochromis niloticus
		vii) Culture possibilities of Anabas testudineus
		viii) Culture possibilities of Notopterus notopterus
		ix) Culture possibilities of Amblypharyngodon mola
		x) Culture possibilities of Mystus vittatus
		xi) Culture possibilities of Nandus nandus
		xii) Culture possibilities of Piaractus brachypomus
		xiii) Culture possibilities of Ompok bimaculatus
		xiv) Culture possibilities of Mystus cavasius
		xv) Culture possibilities of Macrobrachium rosenbergii
		xvi) Culture possibilities of Cyprinus carpio haematopterus
		xvii) Culture possibilities of Osteobrama belangeri – Pengba
4. Management of Nursery, Rearing and Stocking Ponds
	1. Introduction
	2. Management of nursery ponds
	3. Management of rearing ponds
	4. Composite fish culture in stocking ponds
	5. Food and feeding habits of fishes
	6. Supplementary feed
5. Sewage-Fed Freshwater Aquaculture: (With Special Reference to East Kolkata Wetlands a Ramsar Site)
	1. Introduction
	2. Definition of Wetlands
	3. Physiography of East Kolkata Wetlands area
	4. Components of sewage
	5. Flow of sewage at present
	6. Definition of Sewage
	7. Treatment of raw sewage for fish culture
	8. Management of sewage
	9. Sedimentation Pond
	10. Dilution and storage
	11. Technologies adopted by farmers
	12. Dyke protection
6. Fish Health Management
	1. Introduction
	2. Causes of Disease
	3. Host-Pathogen-Environment relationship
	4. Determination of fish diseases
	5. Diseases of fish and the environmental stress
	6. Diseases of fish due to pathogens
	7. Diseases of fish due to Nuritional disorders
	8. The basics of sustainable aquaculture
References Cited