Santhanam P., Begum A., Pachiappan P. (Eds.) Basic and Applied Zooplankton Biology

Springer, 2019. - 447 p.The coastal and ocean ecosystem is a significant feature of our planet and provides a source of food for much of life on Earth. Millions of species have been, and are still being discovered in the world’s oceans. Among these zooplankton serve as secondary producers and are significant as they form pelagic food links and act as indicators of water masses. They constitute the largest and most reliable source of protein for most of the ocean’s fishes. As such, their absence or depletion often affects fishery. In many countries, the decline in fishery has been attributed to reduced plankton populations.
Furthermore, trillions of tiny copepods produce countless faecal pellets contributing greatly to the marine snow and therefore accelerating the flow of nutrients and minerals from the surface waters to the seabed. They are phylogenetically highly successful groups in terms of phylogenetic age, number of living species and success of adaptive radiation. A study of the basic and applied aspects of zooplankton would provide an index of the fishery potential and applications, offering insights into ocean ecology to safeguard food supplies and livelihoods of the millions of people living in coastal areas. For this reason, we need to understand all the facets of zooplankton as well as their interactions with atmosphere and other life forms, including human. In this context, this book discusses the basic and applied aspects of zooplankton, especially taxonomy, mosquitocidal activity, culture, analysis of nutritional, pigments and enzyme profile, preservation of copepods eggs, bioenrichment of zooplankton and application of zooplankton in sustainable aquaculture production, focusing on novel biofloc-copefloc technologies, and the impact of acidification and microplastics on zooplankton.
Offering a comprehensive overview of the current issues and developments in the field of environmental and commercial applications, this book is a valuable resource for researchers, aquaculturists, environmental mangers wanting to understand the importance of zooplankton and develop technologies for the sustainable production of fish and other commodities to provide food and livelihoods for mankind.A Method of Collection, Preservation and Identification of Marine Zooplankton. P. Santhanam, P. Pachiappan, and A. Begum
Seasonal Composition and Diversity of Zooplankton from Muthupet Mangrove Wetland Ecosystem, Southeast Coast of India. P. Santhanam, N. Jeyaraj, J. Sivakumar, K. Jothiraj, S. Dinesh Kumar, and S. Ananth
DNA Barcoding of Copepods. C. Rajthilak, P. Santhanam, P. Pachiappan, T. Veeramani, and S. Ravikumar
A Method of Bio-efficacy Potential of Zooplankton (Copepod) for the Control of Vector Mosquitoes. S. Balakrishnan, P. Santhanam, N. Manickam, and M. Srinivasan Techniques in the Collection, Preservation and Morphological
Identification of Freshwater Zooplankton. N. Manickam, P. Santhanam, and P. Saravana Bhavan
A Technique on the Culture and Preservation of Marine Copepod Eggs. M. Kaviyarasan and P. Santhanam
Introduction to Artemia Culture. T. Veeramani, P. Santhanam, N. Manickam, and C. Rajthilak
Optimisation of the Culture Conditions of Nannocalanus minor (Copepoda: Calanoida). K. Jothiraj and P. Santhanam
A Method of Estimation of Enzymatic Activity of Copepods. T. Jayalakshmi and P. Santhanamviii
A Study on Assessing the Feeding, Survival, Fecundity, and Postembryonic Development of Zooplankton Nitocra affinis (Copepoda: Harpacticoida). R. Nandakumar and P. Santhanam
Evaluation of the Suitability of Marine Copepods as an Alternative Live Feed in High-Health Fish Larval Production. P. Santhanam, N. Jeyaraj, K. Jothiraj, S. Ananth, S. Dinesh Kumar, and P. Pachiappan
Assessing the Efficacy of Marine Copepods as an Alternative First Feed for Larval Production of Tiger Shrimp Penaeus monodon. P. Santhanam, N. Jeyaraj, K. Jothiraj, S. Ananth, S. Dinesh Kumar, and P. Pachiappan
Biofloc-Copefloc: A Novel Technology for Sustainable Shrimp Farming. P. Santhanam, S. Ananth, S. Dinesh Kumar, and P. Pachiappan
Methodologies for the Bioenrichment of Plankton. N. Manickam, P. Santhanam, S. Balakrishnan, T. Muralisankar, T. Veeramani, A. Shenbaga Devi, and P. Saravana Bhavan
Intensive Culture, Biochemical Composition Analysis, and Use of Zooplankton Tisbe sp. (Copepoda: Harpacticoida) as an Alternative Live Feed for Shrimp Larviculture. S. Ananth and P. Santhanam
A Method of Analysis of Pigments in Copepods. M. Kaviyarasan, S. Ananth, P. Santhanam, and P. Pachiappan
An Intensive Culture Techniques of Marine Copepod Oithona rigida (Dioithona rigida) Giesbrecht. P. Santhanam, S. Ananth, S. Dinesh Kumar, R. Sasirekha, C. Premkumar, S. Jeyanthi, and A. Shenbaga Devi
A Microcosm Study on the Impact of Acidification on Feeding, Survival, Nauplii Production Rate, Post-embryonic Development and Nutritional Composition of Marine Copepod. T. Jayalakshmi and P. Santhanam
The Impact of Microplastics on Marine Copepods. P. Raju, S. Gunabal, and P. Santhanam