Supplying sustenance for millions of the poorest people in the
world, freshwater ora and fauna also contribute to overall economic
well-being by means of export commodity trade, tourism, and recreation. As sources of high-quality nutrients, freshwater ora and fauna
of edible value represent a viable option for alleviating the problems
related to malnutrition in developing and underdeveloped countries.
Although the nutritional beneets of freshwater ora and fauna are
well known, there has long been a need for a book that supplies an
assessment of their nutritional qualities. Well-illustrated with
approximately 325 photographs, this book lls that need. Nutritional
Freshwater Life details the characteristics of more than 300 species
of nutritionally important freshwater animals and plants.
The book covers algae and plants, crustaceans (prawns, crayysh,
and crabs), mollusks (bivalves and gastropods), sh, and frogs. For
each species of freshwater life identiied, the book provides a
photograph and details its characteristics such as scientiic name,
common names, habitats, global distribution, nutritional facts, and
biological features.
In addition to serving as a standard reference in the libraries of
colleges and universities, this book will be of great use to undergraduate and postgraduate students in sheries science, aquatic biology,
food science, biotechnology, and environmental science programs.
K25388
ISBN: 978-1-4987-1621-5
9 781498 716215
90000
Nutritional Freshwater Life
Life Science / Marine & Aquatic Science
world, freshwater ora and fauna also contribute to overall economic
well-being by means of export commodity trade, tourism, and recreation. As sources of high-quality nutrients, freshwater ora and fauna
of edible value represent a viable option for alleviating the problems
related to malnutrition in developing and underdeveloped countries.
Although the nutritional beneets of freshwater ora and fauna are
well known, there has long been a need for a book that supplies an
assessment of their nutritional qualities. Well-illustrated with
approximately 325 photographs, this book lls that need. Nutritional
Freshwater Life details the characteristics of more than 300 species
of nutritionally important freshwater animals and plants.
The book covers algae and plants, crustaceans (prawns, crayysh,
and crabs), mollusks (bivalves and gastropods), sh, and frogs. For
each species of freshwater life identiied, the book provides a
photograph and details its characteristics such as scientiic name,
common names, habitats, global distribution, nutritional facts, and
biological features.
In addition to serving as a standard reference in the libraries of
colleges and universities, this book will be of great use to undergraduate and postgraduate students in sheries science, aquatic biology,
food science, biotechnology, and environmental science programs.
K25388
ISBN: 978-1-4987-1621-5
9 781498 716215
90000
Nutritional Freshwater Life
Life Science / Marine & Aquatic Science