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Intensive tilapia co-culture is the
commercial production of various species
of tilapia in conjunction with one or more
other marketable species. Tilapia are
attractive as a co-cultured fish because
of their potential to improve water
quality, especially in penaeid shrimp
ponds, by consuming plankton and detritus
and by altering pathogenic bacterial
populations while increasing marketable
production.
Following introductory chapters covering
ecological aspects of co-culture, tilapia
feeding habits, historical use, and new
models, Tilapia in Intensive Co-Culture
is divided into co-culture in
freshwater and marine environments.
Co-culture core information is presented
on Vibrio control, high-rate aquaculture
processes, aquaponics, tilapia nutrient
profile, and tilapia niche economics and
marketing in the U.S, and with carp,
catfish, freshwater and marine shrimp in
the Americas, the Middle East, and Asia.
Tilapia in Intensive Co-Culture is the
latest book in the prestigious World
Aquaculture Society (WAS) Series,
published for WAS by Wiley Blackwell. It
will be of great use and interest to
researchers, producers, investors and
policy makers considering tilapia
co-culture in terms of environmental and
economic sustainability.
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