Contents: Foreword/M.K. Bhan. Foreword/S. Ayyappan. Preface. Contributors. Bioinformatics: 1. Growth of Biotechnology Information System network (BTISnet) in India/T. Madhan Mohan. 2. Capacity building for knowledge management in aquaculture research/A.K. Roy and Nirupama Panda. 3. Data generation resources for bioinformatics/P. Das. 4. Correspondence analysis in study of genomic sequence of Labeo Rohita/A.K. Roy and Sushma R. Martha. 5. Statistical design and analysis of microarray data of carps/A.K. Roy, Chinmayee Sahoo and Sushma R. Martha. 6. Recent biotechnological approaches in fish disease diagnosis/P.K. Sahoo. 7. Present trends in aquaculture probiotics/S. Mohanty and N.K. Maiti. 8. Infection and immunity of brood carps/P. Swain, P.K. Nanda and S. Dash. 9. Induced breeding experiments of an Indian major carp Labeo rohita- a cause effect study/S.D. Gupta and S.C. Rath. 10. Freshwater prawn aquaculture: status and scope/Bindu R. Pillai. 11. Artificial propagation and cryoconservation of fishes/P. Routray. 12. Methods of assessment of microbial population and their role in aquatic ecosystem/N.K. Maiti, R.N. Mandal and S. Mohanty. 13. Present scenario of ornamental fish farming and trade/Saroj K. Swain. 14. Spatial information technology in aquaculture and inland fisheries/M.N. Reddy, G.P. Reddy and B.S. Sontakki. 15. Role of GIS and remote sensing in inland fisheries development/Sanjeev Kumar Sahu. 16. Computer based advanced tools for soil-water management in aquaculture/Subhendu Adhikari and Bibhudatta Mishra. 17. Non-invasive methods of fish freshness determination by electronic olfaction/Nabarun Bhattacharya, Bipin Tudu, Rajib Bandopadhyaya and Devdulal Ghosh. 18. Nanotechnology and its impact on aquaculture/Fahima Dilnawaz and Sanjeeb K. Sahoo. 19. Design and development of fisheries data mart in India/Anil Rai, K.K. Chaturvedi and P.K. Malhotra. 20. Application of software in molecular marker data analysis/P.K. Meher, A. Barat and P. Das. 21. Softwares relevant in fisheries and aquaculture research/A. Antony and A.K. Roy. 22. Networking professionals through discussion forums on the virtual platform/Lakshmi Murthy. 23. Mapping of fish research in India/D.B. Ramesh and S. Mohanty. Statistics: 24. Statistical tests applied to aquaculture research/Rabi N. Subudhi.  25. Some statistical procedures useful for analysis testing and interpretation of aquaculture data/G.R. Maruthi Sankar. 26. Design and analysis of aquaculture experiments using statistical softwares/Ravi R. Saxena. 27. Some standard sampling techniques and use of auxiliary information in fishery surveys/Ajit Kumar Das and Rajendra Nath Das. 28. Biometrical techniques in aquaculture experiments/Ritu R. Saxena and Ravi R. Saxena. 29. Statistical programs in quantitative genetics and selective breeding studies of fish/Kanta Das Mahapatra. 30. Quantitative methods in limnology research/Snehasish Mishra. 31. Analysis of aquaculture data using computers/P.K. Satapathy and A. Antony. Economics: 32. Fish production function and environmental sustainability/Kumar Das and S.T. Rout. 33. Quantitative methods in aquaculture economics research/K.N. Sahoo. 34. An econometric analysis of Shrimp farming/P.K. Katiha and Chinmoy Chakraborty. 35. Econometric approach for estimation of technical efficiency of aquaculture farms/A.K. Roy and Nibedita Jena. 36. Aquaculture market intelligence system/T. Ravisankar, A.G. Ponniah and M. Krishnan. 37. Project evaluation techniques for estimation of research benefits of fisheries research/A.K. Vasisht. 38. Impact assessment of fisheries research-concepts and measurement/G.P. Reddy, M.N. Reddy and B.S. Sontakki. 39. Priorities, decisions and evaluation of fisheries management and governance of the floodplain wetlands in India/Nagesh K. Barik. 40. Linear programming in fish diet formulation/Nibedita Jena, Nirupama Panda and D.P. Rath. 41. IPR issues and fisheries research/Meenakshi Prajneshu and Abhinav Pragya. 42. Fisheries legislation and policy in India/S.P. Singh.

"The book "Applied Bioinformatics, statistics and Economics in Fisheries Research" is first of its kind available in the market. The book spreading over 42 chapters within three broad sections like aqua-informatics, statistics and economics has covered the advanced tools and techniques of bioinformatics and statistics for exploratory analysis of genomic and microarray data of fishes.

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