10518 (v.3) Aquatic Science 202



 

Area:Department of Environmental Biology
Contact Hours:4.0
Credits:25.0
Lecture:1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Practical:1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s):1762 (v.4) Animal Biology 102 or any previous version
Brief overview of animal taxonomy and evolution, with emphasis on fish, crustaceans and molluscs. Structure and function of the circulatory, respiratory, digestive, excretory, reproductive, nervous, sensory and muscular systems in cultured and commercially important wild stock fish, crustaceans and molluscs. Introduction to aquaculture system technology. Fish population dynamics. Management of wildstock fisheries. Brief overview of fish economics, fish resources and current state of world aquaculture.

 

 

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