Fish Bioenergetics

Part 1: Nutritional requirements and dietary formulation. Nutrient classes and energy metabolism. Nutritional requirements. Dietary ingredients and feed formulation. Nutrient interactions and fish health. Fish nutrition - concluding summary. Part 2: Physiological energetics: feeding, metabolism and growth. Introduction to energetics. Ingestion, absorption and excretion. Respiration and metabolism. Production and growth. Environmental factors and growth. Biotic factors and growth performance. Bioenergetics - concluding summary. Part 3: Environmental tolerances and preferences. Environmental tolerances. Temperature. Dissolved gases. Pollutants and toxic chemicals. Environmental stressors. Adaptations to the environment - concluding summary.