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| The purposes of aquaculture are: |
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Definition
Food Production
Fisheries Management
Production of fish for sport fishing.
Pet fish
clothing
drugs |
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Term
| What fish species are raised in Maine? |
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Definition
| Atlantic salmon, trout, lobster (mainly fishing except when in pounds), American and European oysters and mussels. |
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Term
| what species of fish are raised in America and Internationally? |
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Definition
| catfish, tilapia, carp, trout, sturgeons, striped bass and hybrids, yellow tail (Japan), lump fish, eels, shrimp, abalone, crayfish, alligators. |
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Term
| What species is research done on? |
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Definition
| Cod, halibut, clams, haddock, winter and summer flounder, urchins |
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Term
| What are the water quality parameters? |
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Definition
| PH, salinity, temperature, dissolved oxygen, ammonia and phosphorus |
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Term
| What are the 3 culture systems? |
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Definition
| Open systems, semi-closed systems, closed systems |
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Term
| What are the 4 senses in regard to animal behavior? |
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Definition
| Chemoreception, thermoreception, mechanoreception, and vision. |
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Term
| What are the two types of chemereception? |
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Definition
| Exoreceptors and interoceptors. |
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Term
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Definition
| An animal that allows their internal environment to be influenced by external factors. |
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Term
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Definition
| Animals that maintain their internal environment independent of external factors. |
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Term
| What are the behavioral ways an animal can react when it is cold? |
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Definition
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Term
| What are the behavioral ways in which animal may act when it is hot? |
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Definition
| Seek shade, dig holes, wallow, stand in water. |
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Term
| What are management practices that can help to reduce overgrazing of land near water? |
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Definition
| develop more watering areas, use fencing, place salt away from water, and herd animals to pasture grounds. |
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