Marine Ornamental Species addresses current issues from a global perspective, covering the full range of topics from world economics and product demand to aquatic animal health to ethnic and social/cultural concerns.

Contents

Introduction

1. Marine Ornamentals Industry 2001
2. Culture of Marine Ornamentals

3. International Trade in Marine Aquarium Species: Using the Global Marine Aquarium Database
4. World Trade in Ornamental Species
5. The Consumption of Marine Ornamental Fish in the United States
6. The U.S. Wholesale Marine Ornamental Market
7. Disease Diagnosis in Ornamental Marine Fish
8. Captive Nutritional Management of Herbivorous Reef Fish Using Surgeonfish (Acanthuridae) as a Model
9. The Marine Aquarium Industry and Reef Conservation
10. Wholesale and Retail Break-even Prices for MAC-Certified Queen Angelfish (Holancanthus ciliaris)
11. Community-based Management of Coral Reefs
12. Sustainable Management Guidelines for Stony Coral Fisheries

The Invertebrates

13. The Economics of Live Rock and Live Coral Aquaculture
14. Aquacultured Live Rock as an Alternative to Imported Wild Harvested Live Rock
15. Overview of Marine Ornamental Shrimp Aquaculture
16. Coral Culture

Reef Fish

17. Research on Culturing the Early Life Stages of Marine Ornamental Fish
18. Out-of-Season Spawning of the Rainbow Shark, Epalzeorhynchus frenatus
19. Advances in the Culture of Rotifers for use in Rearing Marine Ornamental Fishes
20. Factors Affecting Successful Culture of the Seahorse Hippocampus abdominalis Leeson, 1827
21. Rearing the Coral Seahorse, Hippocampus babouri, on Live and Inert Prey
22. The Copepod / Artemia Tradeoff in the Captive Culture of Hippocampus erectus, a Vulnerable Species in Lower New York State

Stakeholder Perspectives

23. The Role of Public Aquaria in the Convention and Sustainability of the Marine Ornamentals Trade
24. Trends Determined By Cyanide Testing on Marine Aquarium Fish in the Philippines
25. Cultured Marine Ornamental Fish – Retail Consumer Perspectives
26. Balancing Collection and Conservation of Marine Ornamental Species in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary
27. Wild Caught Marine Species and the Ornamental Aquatic Industry
28. Transforming the Marine Ornamentals Industry

Index

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