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The Great Eagles : Their Evolution, Ecology and Conservation
This book examines the current literature and knowledge on the evolution and ecology of all the birds named as eagles, with particular emphasis on the larger species. It also examines the past and current relations between eagles and people, including habitat change and conservation issues. Eagle ecologies and conservation are currently seriously impacted by human activities such as industriali…
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- 978-1-315-27809-4
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- 624 p
- Series Title
- Animals Husbandary
- Call Number
- 598.9 CAM t
The Biology of Sole
This book reviews up-to-date knowledge on the biology of sole (Solea senegalensis and S. solea). These flatfish species are increasingly important in Europe both from the ecological and production point of view. This book is divided into two sections: A. general fisheries, aquaculture and engineering overviews; B. physiological, developmental, rhythmic, welfare and genetic aspects which will be…
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- 1st
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- 978-1-315-12039-3
- Collation
- 404 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 507.7 THE t
Green Automation for Sustainable Environment
This book explores the concepts and role of green computing and its recent developments for making the environment sustainable. It focuses on green automation in disciplines such as computers, nanoscience, information technology, and biochemistry. This book is characterized through descriptions of sustainability, green computing, their relevance to the environment, society, and its applications…
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- 1st
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- 978-1-003-00079-2
- Collation
- 112 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 628 GRE e
Agricultural Landscapes ; Seeing Rural Through Design
Agricultural Landscapes: Seeing Rural Through Design follows on from the author’s previous books, Rural Design and Architecture and Agriculture, to encourage using design thinking to provide greater meaning and understanding of places where humans live and work with the rural landscape. Rural areas around the world are often viewed as special places with cultural, historical and natural signi…
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- 1st
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- 978-1-315-14286-9
- Collation
- 262 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 630.7 THO a
Fish Diseases and Medicine
Fish are critically important to the welfare of this planet and its occupants, the health of both wild and captive fish populations paramount to our survival. This book presents the gross pathology of the most commonly encountered diseases and syndromes of fish in an organ system-based approach.
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- 1st
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- 978-0-429-19525-9
- Collation
- 328 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 597.3 FIS f
The Call of the Crawfish Frog
Crawfish Frogs (Rana areolata) have been called the most secretive frog in North America, and it is unusual in the twenty-first century – in the most scientifically advanced country in the world – that basic discoveries can still be made on an animal that inhabits a quarter of the United States. This is not only a story of the biology of Crawfish Frogs, but a case study of discovery. This v…
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- 1st
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- 978-0-429-34327-8
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- 216 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 597.8 LAN t
Making a Stand for Animals
Engaging and thought-provoking, this book examines how humans see and treat other animals and argues that we should extend equal consideration and respect to all beings, human and nonhuman alike. Our world is plighted by ‘isms’ such as racism and sexism, but we may have overlooked a very important one: speciesism. Speciesism is a form of discrimination against those who don’t belong to…
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- 1st
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-1-003-28592-2
- Collation
- 192 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 590.92 HAR m
Managing the Laboratory Animal Facility
New to the Third Edition Incorporating the latest developments in management theory and application, the edition contains approximately 100 pages of new and expanded material. This more detailed coverage: Discusses lean management concepts and practices and their application to laboratory animal science Adds information on many essential topics, especially in human resources management i…
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- 3rd
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-1-315-36905-1
- Collation
- 420 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 636.514. SIL m
Developing animal feed products
The animal feed sector faces increasingly complex challenges. It needs to improve feed digestibility/efficiency whilst also promoting growth and enhancing both product quality and safety. At the same time, it has an increasingly important role in helping to promote animal health, welfare and the sustainability of farming. Developing animal feed products provides comprehensive coverage of advanc…
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- 1st
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-1-003-18064-7
- Collation
- 300 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 571.9 PAR d
Advances in Animal Disease Diagnosis
Advances in Animal Disease Diagnosis: Infectious animal diseases caused by pathogenic microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi, and viruses threaten the health and well-being of wildlife, livestock and human populations, limit productivity and significantly increase economic losses to each sector. Pathogen de-tection is an important step for the diagnosis and successful treatment of animal diseas…
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- 1st
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-1-003-08028-2
- Collation
- 336 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 571.9 GAH a
Behavioral Biology of Laboratory Animals
This 30-chapter volume informs students and professionals about the behavioral biology of animals commonly housed in laboratory and other captive settings. Each species evolved under specific environmental conditions, resulting in unique behavioral patterns, many of which are maintained in captivity even after generations of breeding. Understanding natural behavior is therefore a critical part …
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- 1st
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-0-429-01951-7
- Collation
- 560 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 636.514.2 COL b
Livestock Ration Formulation for Dairy Cattle and Buffalo
Livestock Ration Formulation for Dairy Cattle and Buffalo provides an interdisciplinary, integrative perspective and optimization on dairy cattle feed formulation problem solving. It helps dairy farmers by introducing them the right frequency and right amount of balanced diet to be fed to cattle’s and buffaloes at different body condition so that their feeding cost should be decreased and the…
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- 1st
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-1-003-23171-4
- Collation
- 138 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 636.514.2 KUN l
Advances in precision livestock farming
The livestock sector is facing increasing pressure to develop more ‘climate-smart’ methods that can be used to prevent the onset of major diseases, whilst also monitoring the efficiency and environmental impact of livestock production. Advances in precision livestock farming provides a comprehensive review of recent advances in the development of precision livestock technologies to monit…
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- 1st
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-1-003-18066-1
- Collation
- 442 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 636.514.2 BEN a
Aeroponics : Growing Vertical
Aeroponics: Growing Vertical covers aspects of the emerging technology, aeroponics, which is a sister to hydroponics, involving state-of-the-art controlled environment agriculture. The book begins with an introduction of aeroponics followed by a summary of peer-reviewed technical literature conducted over 50 years involving various aspects of aeroponics. It covers the science and all the pate…
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- 1st
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- 978-0-367-81007-8
- Collation
- 272 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 635.98 GUR a
Aeglidae : Life History and Conservation Status of Unique Freshwater Anomuran…
Aeglidae focuses on these unique crustaceans who are endemic to South America. The book is the first to summarize the diverse aspects of the Aeglidae, whose taxonomic features and phylogenetic relationships, evolutionary history and biogeographical background, biological characteristics, and current conservation awareness make them stand out among all other decapods. Addresses the morpholog…
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- 1st
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-1-315-10093-7
- Collation
- 296 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 595.3 AEG
Sustainable Brownfield Development : Building a Sustainable Future on Sites o…
While industrial and chemical innovations have contributed extensively to human advancement, the darker part of their legacy has been the hundreds of thousands of polluted sites left behind. Governments at all levels have rallied to support the remediation and reuse of these land resources and put many of the nation’s brownfields back into productive use. This book presents two dozen brownfie…
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- 1st
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- 978-0-429-34278-3
- Collation
- 274 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 577.2 Sou s
Surrogate Broodstock Development in Aquaculture
The rapidly changing climatic condition coupled with habitat destruction, aquatic pollution and increasing anthropogenic pressure on water bodies have resulted in decline of many important fish population and some of them even become endangered. As of now the breeding protocol for seed production in captivity is developed for only handful of fish species and mostly their seed is collected from …
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- 1st
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-1-003-09762-4
- Collation
- 116 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 619.3 MAJ s
Physiology and Ecology of Fish Migration
Among the roughly 30,000 species of fish, migratory species account for only 165 species, but most of them are very important fisheries resources. This book presents up-to-date innovative research results on the physiology and ecology of fish migration. It focuses on salmon, eels, lampreys, and bluefin tuna
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- 1st
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-0-429-07369-4
- Collation
- 196 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 577.6 PHY
Molecular Evolution and Population Genetics for Marine Biologists
Research in modern experimental and theoretical population genetics has been strengthened by advances in molecular techniques for the analysis of genetic variability. The evolutionary relationships of organisms may be investigated by comparing DNA sequences.
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- 1st
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-0-429-17256-4
- Collation
- 363 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 577.6 KAR m
Influence of Microplastics on Environmental and Human Health: Key Considerati…
Microplastics have received increased attention in the research world over the last ten years. A number of significant publications by the World Health Organisation, European Union, SAPEA, and GESAMP have highlighted this growing environmental and health emergency. This book provides an accessible introduction to the microplastic problem and details its potential impact both on nature and hu…
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- 1st
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-1-003-10973-0
- Collation
- 128 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 616.98 INF
Diseases Of Field Crops And Their Management
The book entitled Diseases of Field Crops and their Management provides most recent information about major diseases of cultivation field crops, their symptoms, pathogen characters, epidemiology, and management. In order to make the book all in one, the importance of major diseases has also been dealt with in brief.
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- 1st
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-1-003-08419-8
- Collation
- 412 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 632.31 PAR d
Ecological Biomarkers: Indicators of Ecotoxicological Effects
Does a change, which affects a few biological macro-molecules, some cells, or a few individuals within a population, have any ecological significance that would allow the prediction of deleterious effects at higher levels of biological organization, namely the population, community, and ultimately the ecosystem? With contributions from experts in
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- 1st
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-0-429-11149-5
- Collation
- 464 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 612.804 ECO
Conflicts over Marine and Coastal Common Resources; Causes, Governance and Pr…
This book explores the types of conflicts that occur over marine and coastal resources, the underlying causes, and attempts to prevent them. Despite the emergence of various marine and coastal governance approaches to address the effects of human activities within the marine environment, conflict continues. In this book, the author outlines the reasons conflicts can, and do, arise in the mar…
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- 1st
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-1 -315-20642-4
- Collation
- 178 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 639.809 ALE c
Coastal Aquaculture and Mariculture
This book is an effort to consolidate and comprehensively present the coastal aquaculture & mariculture and divided into 39 chapters covering introduction, mariculture scenario, finfish farming, shellfish farming, molluscan farming, seaweed farming, recirculatory aquaculture systems, conservation aspects in mariculture etc. This is an attempt to provide comprehensive information on all areas o…
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- 1st
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-1-003-14241-6
- Collation
- 244 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 639.809 ATH c
Climate Change and the Oceanic Carbon Cycle ; Variables and Consequences
This title includes a number of Open Access chapters. This valuable compendium provides an overview of the variables and consequences of oceanic carbon cycling in the context of climate change. The chapters highlight the importance of marine plankton in carbon processing as well as the effects of rising CO2 and temperature in their functioning. Marine ecosystems are being increasingly threate…
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- 1st
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-1-315-20749-0
- Collation
- 304 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 551.51 CLI
Climate Change and Coastal Ecosystems: Long-Term Effects of Climate and Nutri…
Produced by a Leading Aquatic ScientistA narrative account of how estuaries around the world are being altered by human forces and human-induced global climate changes, Climate Change and Coastal Ecosystems: Long-Term Effects of Climate and Nutrient Loading on Trophic Organization chronicles a more than 40-year-old research effort
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- 1st
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-0-429-08888-9
- Collation
- 572 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 551.51 LIV c
Chemotherapy and Aquatic Therapeutics
This book deals with different kinds of chemotherapeutants that can be used in the treatment of diseases affecting fish. The mechanism of action behind every therapeutic agent is explained clearly for a better understanding of the basics of the drugs. Effective treatment would be achieved by proper delivery of the compounds at the right time. Different drug delivery methods to be practiced on f…
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- 1st
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-1-003-10870-2
- Collation
- 200 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 616.994 MAR c
Chemical Ecology: The Ecological Impacts of Marine Natural Products
During the past 20 years, marine chemical ecology has emerged as a respected field of study providing a better understanding of the role natural products play in organisms and their environments. Ample data in this book advocates the conservation of marine environments for future drug discovery efforts while sustaining their overall health. Marine chemical ecology has expanded to include resear…
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- 1st
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-0-429-45346-5
- Collation
- 416 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 639.8 CHE
Broodstock Management and Fish Seed Production
The book entitled “Broodstock Management and Fish Seed Production” provides information relating to commercially cultivable fresh water fishes, broodstock management, fish seed production technology, fish seed quality management including induced breeding with neat illustration. Increasing the aquaculture production can be achieved through the supply of quality fish seed. This book will be …
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- 1st
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-1-003-11168-9
- Collation
- 158 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 619.3 SUN b
Biotechnology of Penaeid Shrimps
The main objective of this book is to collect comprehensive information on various aspects of physiology and biotechnology focusing mainly on reproduction, growth, disease control and therapeutics of penaeid shrimps. The book covers fundamental aspects and few applied aspects of biotechnology concerning basic genomics and proteomics, reproduction, growth and disease control and therapeutics of …
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- 1st
- ISBN/ISSN
- 978-1-003-15596-6
- Collation
- 550 p
- Series Title
- -
- Call Number
- 612.804 DIW b
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