Aquaculture Ecosystems: Adaptability and Sustainability

Aquaculture Ecosystems focusses on incorporating elements of adaptability and sustainability in aquaculture with a view to change the course of the development of the aquaculture industry towards an ecosystem approach. The book s contents have been structured to reflect the importance of forging synergies between aquaculture and other methods of seafood production. With the stagnation of capture fisheries, the future development of the aquaculture industry is vital to provide seafood security for the ever–expanding word population.

Aquaculture Ecosystems synthesises a huge wealth of information on current methods in aquaculture, drawing on best practice from established systems, and identifying areas to be modified to facilitate a sustainable way forward. This exciting new book points to the importance of adopting new models for the development of aquaculture; models which can evolve in an environmentally–compatible way. Detailed coverage is provided of the most important issues facing the ever–growing aquaculture industry, including the biology and behavior of aquatic animals and their selection for use in aquaculture systems, integrated multi–trophic aquaculture, nutrient inputs and pollution, biofouling, blue carbon stocks in coastal aquaculture, climate change adaptations, and knowledge management in aquaculture.

Written by many internationally–recognised experts from around the globe and including new topics that have not been covered in this way in other aquaculture books, Aquaculture Ecosystems is an essential purchase for all those involved in the science and practice of aquaculture, in aquaculture policy development, planning, and the increasingly–important global aquaculture trade and economy. All universities and research establishments where biological sciences, aquaculture, fisheries, environmental sciences, and economics are studied and taught should have copies of this landmark book on their shelves.

About the Editors
Saleem Mustafa and Rossita Shapawi are based at the Borneo Marine Research Institute, Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Sabah, Malaysia.

Also available from Wiley Blackwell

Aquaculture, Resource Use and the Environment
C Boyd & A McNevin
978–0–470–95919–0

Aquaculture Nutrition: Gut Health, Prebiotics and Probiotics
D Merrifield & E Ringo
978–0–470–67271–6

Journal of the World Aquaculture Society
Published bi–monthly
Print ISSN: 0893–8849
Online ISSN: 1749–7345