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Books > Professional & Technical > Agriculture & farming > Aquaculture & fishing: practice & techniques
Climate change is expected to influence several productive sectors,
the most significant of which is agriculture. Agriculture comprises
an important sector of the global economy that includes crops,
livestock, and seafood. Agriculture, aquaculture, and fisheries are
closely linked to the climate, with changes in climatic conditions
able to drastically affect animal and plant productivity, which in
turn has a direct impact on human well-being. Impacts of Climate
Change on Agriculture and Aquaculture is a critical scholarly
publication that provides an integrated assessment of climate
change impacts on agriculture, aquaculture, and fisheries and
explores a set of strategies to secure sustainable food security.
While highlighting the associations between climate change, food
security, and socio-economic development, the book establishes an
inventory of good agricultural practices for the adaptation to
climate change and presents solutions for making agricultural and
food systems more sustainable. Featuring a wide range of topics
such as carbon sequestration, ecosystem management, and
desertification, this book is ideal for agriculturalists,
environmentalists, fisheries, marine biologists, ichthyologists,
government officials, academicians, policy makers, scientists,
professionals, researchers, and students.
The all-new second edition of the BSAVA Manual of Ornamental Fish
makes a timely and welcome appearance as the number of clients
keeping freshwater and marine aquaria increases. It is an area
where particular expertise is valued and of great importance not
only to clients who keep fish as a hobby, but also to aquatic
traders and those involved in public aquaria.
Part I presents an overview of the aquatic environment,
commercial farming and trade in ornamental fish, together with the
important aspects of filtration and husbandry in garden ponds and
aquaria, with the help of specially commissioned illustrations.
Part II looks at the individual fish patient, detailing the
approach to clinical examination and disease investigation,
including anaesthesia and diagnostic imaging.
Diseases are described from both a systematic and an
aetiological viewpoint to give maximum assistance to the reader.
Full-colour photographs illustrate the clinical features of
diseases in a number of species and give an appreciation of the
variety of infectious and parasitic organisms encountered. Part V
then presents a practical approach to treating ornamental fish,
including common surgical procedures.
Throughout the book, at-a-glance tables provide important
information in the BSAVA's established accessible style. Written
for an international audience by experts from the UK and the USA,
the BSAVA Manual of Ornamental Fish, 2nd edition guides the reader
through the vast subject of ornamental fish from a veterinary
perspective. It is also a first-class resource for
non-veterinarians with an interest in fish health.
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