Vikas Kumar is an assistant professor of fish nutrition and nutrigenomics at the University of Idaho in the United States. He has more than a decade of research in aquaculture and nutritional biochemistry, fish nutrition, nutritional physiology, gut health, and feed processing, formulation, and nutrigenomics approaches to enhancing aquaculture production. He currently serves as an editorial board member of Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group) and as leading associate editor for the Animal Feed Science and Technology (Elsevier) and the Journal of the World Aquaculture Society (Wiley).

• Section I: Introductory remarks1. History of Fish NutritionSection II: Chemistry of nutrients2. Chemistry and sources of protein3. Chemistry and sources of Lipids4. Chemistry and sources of CarbohydratesSection III: Feed regulation5. Regulation of food intake in teleost fish6. Gustatory System and Implications for Feeding in FishSection IV: Metabolism7. Protein homeostasis8. Metabolism of protein: metabolic transformation of dietary amino acids in fishes and shrimp9. Lipid metabolism in fish and shellfish10. Metabolism of carbohydrates11. Nutrition and Metabolism of Vitamins12. Minerals13. BioenergeticsSection V: Muscle Physiology14. Nutritional regulation of myogenesis and muscle physiologySection VI: Digestive organs and functions15. Fish digestive physiology16. Digestive anatomy and physiology of shrimp17. Feeding, digestion and nutrition of marine bivalve suspension-feeders - a synopsis18. Nutrition and digestive physiology of Echinozoa19. Nutrition and digestive physiology of lobsters and crabs