Technology, Industry, and Agriculture

Aquaculture

The farming, breeding, rearing, and harvesting of plants and animals in all types of water environments including ponds, rivers, lakes, and the ocean.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

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Abstract

The farming, breeding, rearing, and harvesting of plants and animals in all types of water environments including ponds, rivers, lakes, and the ocean.

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Synonyms

3 entry terms
  • Aquacultures
  • Bioflocs
  • Biofloc

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Aspects Covered

12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

restrict to fauna in waters

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History Note

1994

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Previous Indexing

  • Fisheries (1966-1993)

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  1. J01.040w.168w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Aquaculture. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D017756. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D017756
  2. Aquaculture. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquaculture
  3. Aquaculture. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q188989