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Title Fish stress and health in aquaculture / edited by G.K. Iwama ... [and others]
Published Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997

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Description viii, 278 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Series Society for Experimental biology seminar series ; 62
Seminar series (Society for Experimental Biology (Great Britain)) ; 62
Contents Stress in finfish: past, present and future - a historical perspective / B.A. Barton -- Effects of rearing conditions on the health and physiological quality of fish in intensive culture / G.A. Wedemeyer -- Effects of stress on reproduction and growth of fish / N.W. Pankhurst and G. Van Der Kraak -- The endocrinology of stress / J.P. Sumpter -- Ionic, osmotic and acid-base regulation in stress / G. McDonald and L. Milligan -- Behavioral responses to stress / C.B. Schreck, B.L. Olla and M.W. Davis -- Genetic basis to the stress response: selective breeding for stress-tolerant fish / T.G. Pottinger and A.D. Pickering -- Immune-endocrine interactions / P.H.M. Balm -- Dietary effects on stress and health / T.C. Fletcher
Summary This authoritative work will be of particular interest to researchers in fish aquaculture and physiology
The principal themes of this book are stress and health in fish. Stress is of central concern in aquaculture, as the various stressors that accompany intensive fish husbandry can predispose the fish to compromised growth and health, and promote disease. The book comprises a comprehensive collection of chapters that describe potential stressors and the stress responses of fishes, as well as relevant information about the effects of factors such as nutrition. A discussion of various methods of detecting stressed states in fish in the laboratory as well as in the field is also included. In addition to the physiological stress response, as manifest in changes in the endocrine system or acid-base and ionic balance, behavioural aspects of stress in fish are also covered. In all chapters, this volume provides a necessary update of knowledge as well as presenting new avenues of research in fish health, with an emphasis on the effects of stress
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Fishes -- Effect of stress on.
Author Iwama, G. K. (George K.)
LC no. 96044740
ISBN 0521555183