Practical Manual of Pisciculture and Aquarium Keeping

by H S Jagtap, S N Mukherjee, S S Nanware

ISBN: 9789351300335
View Ebook
Imprint : Daya Publishing House
Year : 2021
Price : Rs. 7495.00
Biblio : viii+201p., figs., tabls., bib., ind., 23 cm

About The Book

This manual is primarily intended for teachers, Students and researchers interested in a practical approach to fishery science and is suitable for undergraduate and postgraduate students. The manual consists of three parts, (i) pisciculture, (ii) aquarium keeping and (ii) consists of various tools and techniques divided in 24 chapters. This manual is sectioned under the heads, ideal fish farm, identification, classification of various fish and plants, fecundity, morphometry, fish scale study, aquatic insects, fish pathogen, aquarium fishes, plants, construction of aquarium, biological oxygen demand, chemical oxygen demand, dissolved oxygen, pH, alkalinity, turbidity, transparency, etc. lastly index is given. There are scattered pieces of information on fishery science and ornamental fish culture in books, research journals, reports and some pamphlets published by Government and other agencies. Thus in the present venture an attempt has been made to put all available information from different sources at one place in the book.

Table of Contents

Contents Chapter 1: Diagrammatic Sketch of Ideal Fish Farm; Chapter 2: Identification, Classification and Culturable Significance of the Fishes; Chapter 3: Identification of the Eggs, Spawn, Fry and Fingerling of Indian Major Carps; Chapter 4: Dissection of Fish; Chapter 5: Determination of Fecundity of Fish; Chapter 6: Study of Aquatic Weeds; Chapter 7: Identification and Study of Aquatic Insects; Chapter 8: Identification and Study of Fish Pathogens; Chapter 9: Design and Construction of Home Aquaria; Chapter 10: Setting up of An Aquarium and Maintenance; Chapter 11: Study of Common Freshwater Ornamental Fishes; Chapter 12: Study of Common Aquarium Plants; Chapter 13: Study of Common Aquarium Fish Diseases; Chapter 14: Morphometric Measurment of Fish; Chapter 15: Study of Fish Scales; Chapter 16: Collection and Examination of Water Sample; Chapter 17: Study of pH of Water with the Help of pH Meter; Chapter 18: Study of pH of Soil with the Help of pH Meter; Chapter 19: Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD); Chapter 20: Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD); Chapter 21: Estimation of Dissolved Oxygen (DO); Chapter 22: Estimation of Alkalinity; Chapter 23: Turbidity; Chapter 24: Transparency/Light Penetration and Light Intensity