Biology and Culture of Percid Fishes (eBook)

Section I: Systematics, Ecology, and Evolution of percids1. Taxonomy, Distribution, and Evolution of the Percidae2. Environmental biology of percid fishesSection II: Reproductive biology3. Brood stock management and control of the reproductive cycle4. Artificial reproduction of percid fishes5. Sperm morphology, physiology, motility, and cryopreservation in Percidae6. Evaluation and improvements of egg and larval quality in percid fishes Section III: Early life stages: development, metabolism and husbandry7. Development of the sense organs in percid fishes8. Development and functionality of the digestive system in percid fishes early life stages9. Culture methods of Eurasian perch and yellow perch early life stages10. Culture methods of pikeperch early life stages11. Intensive culture of walleye from egg incubation to juvenile Section IV: Juvenile and grow-out stages: growth, metabolism, behavior and husbandry12. Muscle protein characteristic and its association with faster growth in percids and other teleosts13. The energy requirements of percid fish in culture14. Bioenergetics modeling of percid fishes: lessons learned15. Behaviour of percid fishes in the wild and its relevance for culture16. Culture methods of European perch during ongrowing17. Intensive culture methods of walleye during ongrowing18. Large scale production of yellow perch, walleye, and hybrid walleye in ponds19. The ecology of lifetime growth in percid fishes Section V: Nutrition, feeds and feeding practices20. Nutritional requirements and feeding of broodstock and early life stages of Eurasian perch and pikeperch21. Effects of dietary levels of PUFA fed to adult yellow perch on the fatty acid composition of eggs and larvae characteristics – new research directions22. Feeding and nutrition of percid fishes during ongrowing stages Section VI: Genetic improvement and domestication23. Sex and ploidy manipulation in percid fishes24. Performances of hybrid percids25. Comparative Genetic Diversity, Population Structure, and Adaptations of Walleye and Yellow Perch across North America26. Production of genetically defined perch broodstocks and their selection for fast growth27. Genetic improvement in percids Section VII: Stress, immunology, diseases and health management28. Corticosteroids and the stress response in percid fish29. Domestication and responses to stress30. Immune status and immunomodulation in percid fish31. Percid fish health and diseases Section VIII: Commercial production, quality, marketing and economics32. Current status of Eurasian percid fishes aquaculture33. Concept and determinism of quality in Percid fishes34. The Market for European perch35. Commercial production - factors for success and limitations in European percid fish culture