Ontogenetic development of pompano Trachinotus ovatus (eBook)

This book highlights the ontogenetic development of larval T. ovatus, provides a comprehensive overview of larval rearing of this species. It focuses on the physiological and molecular changes during the early ontogeny of T. ovatus and hatchery and nursery practices. The first seven chapters update the recent development in the hatchery technology in T. ovatus, including feed and feeding, environmental manipulation, hatchery management, and fingerlings in transportation. Chapter eight and onwards decode the possible molecular mechanisms underlying fish development and response to environmental changes and discuss the transcription and expressions of growth and development-related genes in T. ovatus. The last chapters discuss the functional feed additives to the diet and antibiotic usage of T. ovatus juveniles. This book is a valuable resource for researchers, practitioners and students in the aquaculture industry and related fields.

Prof. Zhenhua Ma graduated from Flinders University (Australia) with PhD in Aquaculture. He used to work for Flinders University and Temasek Polytechnic (Singapore). Currently, he is the manager of the Tropical Aquaculture Research and Development Center of South China Sea Fisheries Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, and Vice Director of Sanya Tropical Fisheries Research Institute. Academic experiences including: postgraduate supervisor of Shanghai Ocean University and Tianjin Agricultural College; Member of the 3rd Hainan original seed breeding committee; Member of the aquatic animal behaviour committee of Chinese Fishery Science Association; Member of aquaculture committee in Chinese academy of fishery sciences; Deputy secretary general of China coral conservation alliance; Chief editor of Insights in Aquaculture and Biotechnology, editorial board member of the Journal of Fisheries and Fisheries Development. By 2020, Prof. Zhenhua Ma has published 5 academic monographs, participated in the compilation of 2 English academic monographs, and published 118 academic papers, with a total of more than 300 citations.

Prof. Gang Yu graduated from Ocean University of China with PhD in Food Science. He has a solid theoretical foundation of aquaculture and aquatic product processing, familiar with the interdisciplinary knowledge related to fishery, familiar with the domestic and foreign scientific and technological development trends of fishery, grasp the latest theories and methods of modern scientific and technological management, and grasp the development trends of domestic and foreign fishery industry. Up to present, he has published 43 papers, and obtained 3 authorized patents.

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This book highlights the ontogenetic development of larval T. ovatus, provides a comprehensive overview of larval rearing of this species. It focuses on the physiological and molecular changes during the early ontogeny of T. ovatus and hatchery and nursery practices. The first seven chapters update the recent development in the hatchery technology in T. ovatus, including feed and feeding, environmental manipulation, hatchery management, and fingerlings in transportation. Chapter eight and onwards decode the possible molecular mechanisms underlying fish development and response to environmental changes and discuss the transcription and expressions of growth and development-related genes in T. ovatus. The last chapters discuss the functional feed additives to the diet and antibiotic usage of T. ovatus juveniles. This book is a valuable resource for researchers, practitioners and students in the aquaculture industry and related fields.