Aquaculture : resource use, and the environment / Claude E. Boyd, Professor, Water Quality, School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences, College of Agriculture, Auburn University, Alabama, USA ; Aaron A. McNevin, Director, Aquaculture, World Wildlife Fund, Washington, DC, USA.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons Inc., [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Description: 1 online resource (366 pages) : illustrations (some color), mapsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781118858073 (e-book)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Aquaculture : resource use, and the environment.DDC classification:
  • 639.8 23
LOC classification:
  • SH135 .B69 2015eb
Online resources:
Contents:
An overview of aquaculture -- World population -- World food production -- Assessing resource use and environmental impacts -- Land use -- Water use by aquaculture systems -- Energy use and atmospheric emissions -- Protein conversion and the fish meal and oil issue -- Chemicals in aquaculture -- Water pollution -- Biodiversity -- Governmental regulations -- Best management practices -- Eco-label certification -- Some final thoughts.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

An overview of aquaculture -- World population -- World food production -- Assessing resource use and environmental impacts -- Land use -- Water use by aquaculture systems -- Energy use and atmospheric emissions -- Protein conversion and the fish meal and oil issue -- Chemicals in aquaculture -- Water pollution -- Biodiversity -- Governmental regulations -- Best management practices -- Eco-label certification -- Some final thoughts.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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