Course detail

LZT5803 - Biological Principles of Fish Farming and Nutrition


Credit hours

In-class work
per week
Practice
per week
Credits
Duration
Total
4
0
8
15 weeks
120 hours

Instructor
Brunno da Silva Cerozi

Objective
Teach students fundamentals of neotropical hydrobiology and fish biology, expanding the scope of its
technical capabilities for research in nutrition and production of aquatic organisms.

Content
Characterization, distribution and classification of large groups of exotic and domestic fish. Functionality
of shapes and anatomy and physiology of bone, muscular, nervous, respiratory, circulatory and nervous
system. The digestive tract and glands; feeding habits. Water as environment and aquatic biota; aquatic
ecosystems - main populations and communities of the aquatic environment. Physico-chemical
characteristics of the aquatic environment - dissolved oxygen, pH, alkalinity and hardness,
biogeochemical cycles. Numerical and mathematical expressions of growth; weight-length relationship;
estimative of growth in natural and confined populations; retrocalculation of growth data and age in a
confined population; physiological and biochemical indices of growth; biomass accumulation curve.
Reproductive behavior and adaptations; gonadal indexes and condition factor; fertility rates - relative
reproductive potential; management of inbreeding in confined populations - calculation and use of
inbreeding and the prevention and reduction of the effective breeding number.

Bibliography
Baldisserotto, B. 2009. Fisiologia de Peixes Aplicada à Piscicultura. 2ed. Ed. UFSM, Santa Maria, RS.
Baldisserotto, B.; J.E.P. Cyrino e E.C. Urbinati. 2014. Biologia e Fisiologia de Peixes Neotropicais de
Água Doce. Fundação de Apoio à Pesquisa, Ensino e Extensão [FUNEP], Jaboticabal, SP.
Britski, H.A., K.A. de S. Silimon e B.S. Lopes. 2000. Peixes do Pantanal. Manual de Identificação.
Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária [EMBRAPA], Brasília, DF.
Britto, S.G.C. 2003. Peixes do Rio Paranapanema. Duke Energy International, São Paulo, SP.
Bromage, N., and R.P. Roberts, editors. 2001. Broodstock Management and Egg and Larval Quality.
Blackwell Science, Osney Mead, Oxford, UK.
Cyrino, J.E.P., D. Bureau and B.G. Kapoor, edigtors. 2007. Feeding and Digestive Functions of Fish.
Science Publishers, Inc. Enfield, NH, USA.
Egna, H. S. and C. E. Boyd. 1997. Dynamics of Pond Aquaculture. CRC Press Press Inc. Boca Raton, FL,
USA. Esteves, F.A. 1998. Fundamentos de Limnologia. Editora Interciência, Rio de Janeiro, RJ.
Gerking, S. D., editor. 1978. Ecology of Freshwater Fish Production. Halsted Press, New York, USA.
Gjerdrem, T., and M. Baranski. 2009. Selective Breeding in Aquaculture: An introduction. Springer
Science & Busines Media, New York, NY, USA.
Harvey, B. and J. Carosfeld. 1993. Induced Breeding in Tropical Fish Culture. IDRC. Ottawa, Ont.,
Canada.
Helfman, G.S., B.B. Collette and D.E. Facey. 1997. The Diversity of Fishes. Blackwell Science, Inc.
Malden, MS, USA. Hickman, C.P.; L.S. Roberts, and A. Larson. 2004. Princípios Integrados de Zoologia.
11ed. Editora Guanabara Koogan S.A., Rio de Janeiro, RJ.
Lowe-McConnell, R.H. 1999. Estudos Ecológicos de Comunidades de Peixes Tropicais. Editora da
Universidade de São Paulo – EDUSP, São Paulo, SP.
Moyle, P. B., and J. J. Cech, Jr. 1988. Fishes: An Introduction to Ichthyology. 2nd ed. Prentice Hall,
Englewood Cliffs, NJ, USA.
Nickum, M.J.; P.M. Mazik, J.G. Nickum, and D.D. MacKinlay, editors. 2004. Propagated Fish in Reseource
Management. American Fisheries Society [AFS] Symposium 44. AFS, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Ribeiro, C.A.O.; H.S. Reis FIlho, e S.R. Grötzner. 2012. Técnicas e Méricos para Utilização em
Microscopia. Livraria Santos Editora Ltda., Grupo Editorial Nacional, São Paulo, SP.
Roche, K.F., e O. Rocha. 2005. Ecologia Trófica de Peixes. Editora RiMa Ltda., São Carlos, SP.
Schreck, C. B. and P. B. Moyle. 1990. Methods for Fish Biology. American Fisheries Society. Bethesda,
MD, USA. Storer, T. I. R. L. Usinger, R. C. Stebbins e J. W. Nybakken. 1991. Zoologia Geral. 6 ed., rev.
amp. Companhia Editora Nacional, São Paulo.
Tundisi, J.G., e T.M. Tundisi. 2008. Limnologia. Editora Oficina de Textos, São Paulo, SP.
Val, A.L. and V.M.A. Val, editors. 1999. Biology of Tropical Fish. Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da
Amazônia – INPA, Manaus, AM.
Zaniboni-Filho, E., S. Meurer, O.A. Shibatta e A.P.O. Nuñer. 2004. Catálogo Ilustrado de Peixes do Alto
Rio Uruguai. Tractebel Energia, Editora da UFSC, Florianópolis, SC.
Vazzoler, A.E.A.M. 1996. Biologia da Reprodução de Peixes Teleósteos: teoria e prática. Editora da
Universidade Estadual de Maringá. UEM, Maringá, PR.