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CONTENTS
Preface .................................................................................................................................... xvii
About the Author ................................................................................................................ xix
Chapter 1: Introduction ...................................................................................................1
Plants and Animals in Freshwater Biomes ....................................................................1
Malnutrition, a Global Problem .......................................................................................1
Importance of Freshwater Fisheries ..............................................................................2
Importance of Freshwater Fish .......................................................................................2
Protein Content .............................................................................................................2
Lipid Content ..................................................................................................................2
Lipid Quality ...................................................................................................................3
Mineral and Vitamin Content .....................................................................................3
Freshwater Fish in Human Nutrition .............................................................................3
Freshwater Crustaceans ...................................................................................................4
Freshwater Molluscs ..........................................................................................................4
Frogs .......................................................................................................................................4
Microalgae .............................................................................................................................5
Aquatic Plants ......................................................................................................................5
Chapter 2: Algae and Plants ..........................................................................................7
Algae .......................................................................................................................................7
Phylum: Chlorophyta (Green Algae) ........................................................................7
Chlorella vulgaris (Beyerinck) Beijerinck 1890 ....................................................7
Chlorella pyrenoidosa H. Chick 1903 .....................................................................8
Chlorella ellipsoidea Gernceck 1907 ......................................................................9
Prasiola japonica Yatabe 1891 ...............................................................................10
Cladophora sp. .........................................................................................................11
Cladophora glomerata (Linnaeus) Kützing 1843 ...............................................12
Scenedesmus obliquus (Turpin) Kützing 1833
(= Scenedesmus dimorphus) ...........................................................................12
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (P.A. Dang) ..............................................................13
Haematococcus pluvialis Flotow 1844 .................................................................14
Phylum: Cyanophyta (Blue-Green Algae) ..............................................................16
Nostochopsis lobatus H.C. Wood ex Bornet & Flahault 1886 ......................16
Aphanizomenon flos-aquae (Ralfs ex Bornet & Flahault Nevada) ................17
Anabaena cylindrica Lemmermann 1896 ............................................................19
Calothrix fusca Bornet & Flahault 1886 ............................................................ 20
Scytonema bohneri Schmidle 1901 .......................................................................21
Arthrospira platensis Gomont 1892 (= Spirulina platensis) ............................ 22
CONTENTS
Preface .................................................................................................................................... xvii
About the Author ................................................................................................................ xix
Chapter 1: Introduction ...................................................................................................1
Plants and Animals in Freshwater Biomes ....................................................................1
Malnutrition, a Global Problem .......................................................................................1
Importance of Freshwater Fisheries ..............................................................................2
Importance of Freshwater Fish .......................................................................................2
Protein Content .............................................................................................................2
Lipid Content ..................................................................................................................2
Lipid Quality ...................................................................................................................3
Mineral and Vitamin Content .....................................................................................3
Freshwater Fish in Human Nutrition .............................................................................3
Freshwater Crustaceans ...................................................................................................4
Freshwater Molluscs ..........................................................................................................4
Frogs .......................................................................................................................................4
Microalgae .............................................................................................................................5
Aquatic Plants ......................................................................................................................5
Chapter 2: Algae and Plants ..........................................................................................7
Algae .......................................................................................................................................7
Phylum: Chlorophyta (Green Algae) ........................................................................7
Chlorella vulgaris (Beyerinck) Beijerinck 1890 ....................................................7
Chlorella pyrenoidosa H. Chick 1903 .....................................................................8
Chlorella ellipsoidea Gernceck 1907 ......................................................................9
Prasiola japonica Yatabe 1891 ...............................................................................10
Cladophora sp. .........................................................................................................11
Cladophora glomerata (Linnaeus) Kützing 1843 ...............................................12
Scenedesmus obliquus (Turpin) Kützing 1833
(= Scenedesmus dimorphus) ...........................................................................12
Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (P.A. Dang) ..............................................................13
Haematococcus pluvialis Flotow 1844 .................................................................14
Phylum: Cyanophyta (Blue-Green Algae) ..............................................................16
Nostochopsis lobatus H.C. Wood ex Bornet & Flahault 1886 ......................16
Aphanizomenon flos-aquae (Ralfs ex Bornet & Flahault Nevada) ................17
Anabaena cylindrica Lemmermann 1896 ............................................................19
Calothrix fusca Bornet & Flahault 1886 ............................................................ 20
Scytonema bohneri Schmidle 1901 .......................................................................21
Arthrospira platensis Gomont 1892 (= Spirulina platensis) ............................ 22