A variety of bivalve mollusks (phylum Mollusca, class Bivalvia) constitute a prominent commodity in fisheries and aquacultures, but are also crucial in order to preserve our ecosystem's complexity and function. Bivalve mollusks, such as clams, mussels, oysters and scallops, are relevant bred...

Best practice approaches used in the live transport of commercial crustacean species groups are reviewed and the physiological responses to handling practices are described. Codes of practice aimed at providing technological guidelines in handling and transportation of live prawns, lobsters, crabs...

In coastal China, the clam-shrimp polyculture system is a new model of seawater aquaculture. A 60-day rearing experiment was performed to evaluate the effects of commercial effective microorganisms (EM) bacteria liquid, containing bacillus, photosynthetic bacteria and lactic acid bacteria and...

Ensuring the health of shrimp and crayfish under intensive aquaculture conditions is the key to the sustainable development of aquaculture industry of these crustaceans. Vitamin C as an important nutrient and immune modulator for fish and shrimp has been widely used in the aquaculture industry. At...

Innate immunity is the only defense system for resistance against infections in crustaceans. In crustaceans, white spot diseases caused by white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) are a serious viral disease with high accumulative mortality after infection. Attachment and entry into cells have been known...

This new edition of Aquaculture: Farming Aquatic Animals and Plants covers all major aspects of the culture of fish, shellfish and algae in freshwater and marine environments. Subject areas covered include principles, water quality, environmental impacts of aquaculture, desert aquaculture,...

As a newly found virus that seriously threatens the economic crustacean aquaculture, the susceptible host range of Decapod iridescent virus 1 (DIV1) plays a critical role in both epidemic prevention and international trade. The swimming crab, Portunus trituberculatus, is widely distributed in the...

White spot syndrome virus (WSSV) causes severe mortality in farmed shrimps, besides causing infection in a wide range of crustaceans. Among the hosts, mud crabs are reported to be relatively resistant to the virus. To validate this, the present study investigated the susceptibility of two species...

Diseases are a major obstacle in shrimp farming because they can cause relatively high mortality and decrease the quality of the aquaculture environment. One dangerous shrimp disease is caused by Vibrio bacteria. Today, people are turning to biological control methods by utilizing lactic acid...

β-1,3-glucans, natural polysaccharide groups, exert immunomodulatory effects to improve the innate response and disease resistance in aquatic species and mammals. However, this β-glucan stimulant is yet to be assayed in swimming crab (Portunus trituberculatus) hemocytes. In this study, we explored...