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Effect of light quality and eyestalk ablation on ovarian maturation in Penaeus monodon
Prawns were subjected to the following treatments: blue light, red light, natural light, and natural light plus unilateral eyestalk ablation. Unablated prawns under blue and natural light developed stage III ovaries; under ...
Aquaculture
(Elsevier, 2001)
Aquaculture, the aquatic counterpart of agriculture, has grown rapidly in recent decades to become one of the most important means of obtaining food from the sea. Impacts of aquaculture on biodiversity arise from the ...
Maturation, reproduction, and broodstock technology
(Aquaculture Department, Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center, 1988)
Following a review of first maturation in Penaeus monodon , details are given of endocrine, nutritional and environmental methods of induced maturation used in aquaculture. Broodstock constitution and maintenance operations ...
Bridging traditional knowledge with mainstream technology to sustain cultural and biological diversity in the product development of wild honey: Focus on the indigenous peoples of the Palawan Biosphere Reserve, Philippines
(UNESCO Office, 2008)
Declared a Man and Biosphere Reserve in 1991, the Palawan Biosphere Reserve in the Philippines is a biologically diverse province and home to a number of Indigenous Peoples particularly the Pala’wan, Tagbanua and Batak ...
Series: Summary of Proceedings No. 1/2013
The Agusan Marsh and the Agusan River Basin: The need for science-based development and management
(PCAARRD-DOST, 2013)
The Agusan Marsh - two years after Pakse
(UNESCO Office, 2008)
Tropical shrimp farming and its sustainability
(Academic Press, 1998)
In December 1996, the Supreme Court of India ordered the closure of all semi-intensive and intensive shrimp farms within 500 m of the high tide line, banned shrimp farms from all public lands, and required farms that closed ...
The pressing challenges of mangrove rehabilitation: pond reversion and coastal protection
(Academic Press, 2011)
The 2004 Indonesia tsunami as well as the increasing storm frequency and intensity associated with climate change–sea-level rise have highlighted the coastal protection function, among the many goods and services that ...
Philippine mangroves: status, threats and sustainable development
(United Nations University Press, 2004)
The status of the Philippine mangroves is examined, the functions of mangrove areas are highlighted, the threats to mangrove resources are identified, and the prospects for sustainable use are discussed. The Philippines ...
Aquaculture
(Academic Press, 2013)
Biophysical impacts of aquaculture, with consequences for biodiversity, vary with species and culture systems and include issues such as: nutrient enrichment/removal, chemicals, land use, species introductions, genetic ...