Tilapia in Intensive Co-culture

Peter W. Perschbacher is retired Associate Professor of Aquaculture and Fisheries at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, USA.Robert R. Stickney is Professor Emeritus Oceanography and former Sea Grant Director at Texas A & M University in College Station, USA.

• List of Contributors ixForeword xiRandall BrummettPreface xvChapter 1. Ecological Basis of Tilapia Co-culture Systems 1Ana Milstein and Martha HernándezChapter 2. Tilapia Feeding Habits and Environmental Tolerances 25Robert R. StickneyChapter 3. Historical Use of Tilapia in Intensive Co-culture 36Peter W. PerschbacherChapter 4. New Models and Rationales 50Robert R. Stickney, Peter W. Perschbacher, and Nick ParkerChapter 5. Sustainability Needs and Challenges: Marine Systems 71Robert R. Stickney and Robert W. BrickChapter 6. Luminous Vibrio and the Greenwater Culture of the Tiger Shrimp Penaeus monodon with Tilapia 81Gilda D. Lio-PoChapter 7. Tilapia–Shrimp Polyculture 94Kevin M. Fitzsimmons and Erfan ShahkarChapter 8. Sustainability Needs and Challenges: Freshwater Systems 114Peter W. PerschbacherChapter 9. Pond Co-culture with Catfish Research in the Americas, with Emphasis on Cage-Confined Tilapia 129Peter W. PerschbacherChapter 10. Tilapia Co-culture in Cages and In-pond Raceways 148Michael MasserChapter 11. Tilapia–Macrobrachium Polyculture 156Michael B. New and Wagner C. ValentiChapter 12. Tilapia in High-Rate Aquaculture Processes 186David E. BruneChapter 13. Tilapia Co-culture in Egypt 211Abdel-Fattah M. El-SayedChapter 14. Tilapia Co-culture in Israeli Fishponds and Reservoirs 237Ana MilsteinChapter 15. Aquaponics 246Rebecca L. NelsonChapter 16. Nutrient Profiles of Tilapia 261Ioannis T. KarapanagiotidisChapter 17. The Economics of Small-Scale Tilapia Aquaculture in the United States 306Siddhartha Dasgupta and Richard C. BryantAppendix 1. Field Key to the Commonly Cultured Tilapias, with Species Synopses 319Peter W. PerschbacherAppendix 2. World Hybrid Tilapia Literature 1980–2014∗ 324Frank J. SchwartzScientific Names Index 333Topical Index 335Color Plates appear after page 318