This chapter discussed the effects of climate change, dissolved gases and pH, water currents, turbidity and light levels and contaminants on the feeding patterns and activity of fish such as habitat ranges and migration patterns as well as on tropic food webs and interactions, and ecosystem...

This chapter describes the diagnostic value of pulse oximetry to measure the oxygen that is bound to haemoglobin in cats and dogs.

The effects of different water quality parameters on aquacultured species and how to measure and maintain these parameters at optimum levels are discussed.

This chapter gives an overview on aspects of current finfish cage culture, such as environmental and anthropogenic related problems, stress and nutritional imbalance and the development of abnormalities which may affect growth and increase disease susceptibility.

The hypothesis that climate change will facilitate species invasions has recently received increasing focus in studies of marine systems. Over the past decade, approaches to testing this hypothesis have shifted from time-series observations of concomitant increases in both processes to experimental ...

This chapter discusses the (i) potential of microalgae for biofuel production; (ii) microalgal nutrition; (ii) environmental factors affecting microalga growth (such as light, dissolved carbon dioxide and oxygen concentration, temperature and pH); (iii) microalgae cultivation systems (open pond,...

The dynamics of aquatic resources in the canals of Bac Lieu Province, in southern Vietnam, are detailed and synthesized in this study. Nekton and eight environmental parameters were monitored in this province between 2004 and 2006, at 14 sites sampled three times a year. The study area, located...

This chapter discusses the different factors and variables affecting the management and quality of water and their effects on cultured organisms. The variables are grouped into two: (i) measure frequently, such as temperature, dissolved oxygen, pH, nitrite and salinity; and (ii) measure...