Aquaculture Program

Publications

Books and Book Chapters

  • All Books and Chapters

    W.O. Watanabe, T. C. Rezek, M. Harel and P.J. Seaton. 2014. The effects of dietary arachidonic acid (20:4n-6) on growth, survival and hypersaline stress resistance in larval southern flounder Paralichthys lethostigma (Jordan and Gilbert 1884). Chapter 1 (p. 1-27):  In “Arachidonic Acid: Sources, Biosynthesis and Health Effects”, J.M. O’Keefe, Editor. Nova Science Publishers Inc.  ISBN: 978-1-63117-619-7.     PDF

    Fitzsimmons, K. and W.O. Watanabe. 2010. Chapter 17: Tilapia (Family Cichlidae), pp 374-389 In Finfish Aquaculture Diversification (N.R. Le Francois, M. Jobling, C. Carter, P.U. Blier, and A. Savoie, Editors). CABI, Cambridge, MA, USA.

    Daniels, H.V. and W.O. Watanabe (Editors). 2010. Practical Flatfish Culture and Stock Enhancement. Wiley-Blackwell Publishers, Ames, Iowa. 366 pp.

    Daniels, H.V., W.O. Watanabe, R. Murashige, T. Losordo and C. Dumas. 2010. Chapter 5: Culture of southern flounder, pp. 82-100, In Practical Flatfish Culture and Stock Enhancement, H.V. Daniels and W.O. Watanabe, Editors. Wiley-Blackwell Publishers, Ames, Iowa. 366 pp.

    Watanabe, W.O. and H.V. Daniels. 2010. Chapter 18, Practical Flatfish Culture and Stock Enhancement: Summary and Conclusions, pp. 323-354, In Practical Flatfish Culture and Stock Enhancement, H.V. Daniels and W.O. Watanabe, Editors. Wiley-Blackwell Publishers, Ames, Iowa. 366 pp.

    Watanabe, W.O. and G. Miller. 2006. Nassau Grouper. Book Chapter in Aquaculture Compendium 2006 Edition. CAB International. Available on CD-ROM and the Internet. www/cabicompendium.org/ac

    Watanabe, W.O., K. Fitzsimmons and Yang Yi. 2006. Farming of tilapia in saline waters. Pages 347-447 In: C.D. Webster and C. Lim, eds. Tilapia: Biology, Culture, and Nutrition. Haworth Press, Binghamton, NY.

    Daniels, H.V. and W.O. Watanabe. 2003. A practical hatchery manual: Production of southern flounder fingerlings. North Carolina Sea Grant. 40 pp.

    Watanabe, W.O. 2000. Salinity. In Encyclopedia of Aquaculture (Robert R. Stickney, ed in chief). John Wiley and Sons, Inc.

Peer-Reviewed

  • 2016–
    • 2019

      Wright-Moore, W.D., W.O. Watanabe, A.J. Bourdelais, M.S. Alam, T.C. Rezek, P.M. Carroll, and C.A. Woolridge. Spawning performance and egg quality of wild-caught and first generation southern flounder Paralichthys lethostigma broodstock induced with piscine and mammalian GnRH analogs. Aquaculture 506: 367–379.     PDF

    • 2018

      Dawson, M.R., M.S. Alam, W.O. Watanabe, P.M. Carroll and P.J. Seaton. 2018. Evaluation of poultry by-product meal as an alternative to fish meal in the diet of juvenile black sea bass Centroprista striata reared in a recirculating aquaculture system. North American Journal of Aquaculture 80: 74-87.     PDF 

      Watanabe, W.O. and R.D. Farnell. 2018. Experimental evaluation of the halophyte, Salicornia virginica, for biomitigation of dissolved nutrients in effluent from a recirculating aquaculture system for marine finfish. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 49: 735-754.     PDF

      White, D.P., B.L. Baumgarner, W.O. Watanabe, M.S. Alam and S.T. Kinsey. 2018. The effects of dietary β-guanidinopropionic acid on growth and muscle fiber development in juvenile red porgy, Pagrus pagrus. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part B 216: 48-58.     PDF

      Alam, M.S., W.O. Watanabe, P.M. Carroll, J.E. Gabel, M.A. Corum, P.J. Seaton, T.C. Wedegaertner, K.S. Rathore and M.K. Dowd. 2018. Evaluation of genetically-improved (glandless) and genetically-modified low-gossypol cottonseed meal as alternative protein sources in the diet of juvenile southern flounder, Paralichthys lethostigma, reared in a recirculating aquaculture system. Aquaculture 470: 36-45.     PDF

    • 2017

      Russo, D.J., Watanabe, W.O., Kinsey, S.T. and Seaton, P.J. 2017. Effects of feeding frequency of live prey on larval growth, survival, resistance to hyposalinity stress, Na+/K+ ATPase activity, and fatty acid profiles in black sea bass Centropristis striata. Aquaculture 470: 56-67.     PDF

    • 2016

      Anderson, A.D., Alam, M.S., Watanabe, W.O., Carroll, P.M., Wedegaertner, T.C. and Dowd, M.K. 2016. Full replacement of menhaden Fish meal protein by low-gossypol cottonseed flour protein in the diet of juvenile black sea bass Centropristis striata. Aquaculture 464: 618-628.     PDF

      Watanabe, W.O., M.S. Alam, A.D. Ostrowski, F.A. Montgomery, J.E. Gabel, J.A. Morris Jr., and P.J. Seaton. 2016. Live prey enrichment and artificial microdiets for larviculture of Atlantic red porgy Pagrus pagrus. Aquaculture Reports 3: 93-107.     PDF

  • 2011–2015
    • 2015

      Alam, M.S., W.O. Watanabe, M. Dawson and P. Carroll. 2015. Pilot, commercial-scale testing of promising diets for intensive cultivation of black sea bass and southern flounder. World Aquaculture Dec 2015: 34-40.     PDF

      Watanabe, W.O., Dumas, C.F., Carroll, P.M. and Resimius, C.M. 2015.  Production economic analysis of black sea bass juveniles to support finfish mariculture growout industry development in the Southeastern U.S. Aquaculture Economics and Management 19(2): 226-250.     PDF

      Alam, M.S., W.O. Watanabe, A.R. Myers, T.C. Rezek, P.M. Carroll, S.A. Skrabal. 2015. Effects of dietary salt supplementation on growth, body composition, tissue electrolytes, and gill and intestinal Na+/K+ ATPase activities of black sea bass reared at low salinity.  Aquaculture 446: 250-258.     PDF

      Wilson, W.N., B.L. Baumgarner, W.O. Watanabe, M.S. Alam and S.T. Kinsey. 2015. Effects of resveratrol on growth and skeletal muscle physiology of juvenile southern flounder. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part A 183: 27-35.     PDF

      Alam, M.S., Watanabe, W.O., Rezek, T.C., Myers, A.R., Carroll, P.M., Daniels, H.V. 2015. Growth performance and survival of larval southern flounder Paralichthys lethostigma fed commercial microdiets or formulated zein bound microdiets containing different protein sources. Aquaculture Research 46(8): 1924-1936.     PDF

    • 2014

      Alam M. S., Watanabe W. O., Myers A. R., Rezek T.C., Carroll P. M. 2014. Replacement of menhaden fish meal protein by solvent extracted soybean meal and soy protein concentrate supplemented with L-methionine and L-lysine in the diet of juvenile red porgy Pagrus Pagrus. Austin Journal of Aquaculture and Marine Biology 1(1): 10.      PDF

    • 2012

      Priester, C., Braude, J. P., Morton, L. C., Kinsey, S. T., Watanabe, W. O. and Dillaman, R. M. 2012. Ring bands in fish skeletal muscle: Reorienting the myofibrils and microtubule cytoskeleton within a single cell. Journal of Morphology 273: 1246–1256.     PDF

      Alam, M.S., W.O. Watanabe, K.B. Sullivan, T.C. Rezek and P.J. Seaton. 2012. Replacement of menhaden fish meal protein by solvent extracted soybean meal protein in the diet of juvenile black sea bass Centropristis striata supplemented with or without squid meal, krill meal, methionine and lysine. North American Journal of Aquaculture 74(2): 251-265.     PDF

    • 2011

      Alam, M.S., W.O. Watanabe, A.R. Myers, T.C. Rezek, P.M. Carroll and S. Longfellow. 2011. Effects of replacement of menhaden fish meal protein by solvent-extracted soybean meal protein supplemented with or without l-methionine and l-lysine in the diet of juvenile southern flounder. North American Journal of Aquaculture 73(3): 350-359.     PDF

      Priester, C., L.C. Morton, S.T. Kinsey, W.O. Watanabe and R.M. Dillaman. 2011. Growth patterns and nuclear distribution in white muscle fibers from black sea bass, Centropristis striata: evidence for the influence of diffusion. The Journal of Experimental Biology 214: 1230-1239.     PDF

      Carrier, J.K. III, W.O. Watanabe, M. Harel, T. C. Rezek, P. J. Seaton and T.H. Shafer. 2011. Effects of dietary arachidonic acid on larval performance, fatty acid profiles, stress resistance, and expression of Na+/K+ ATPase mRNA in black sea bass Centropristis striata. Aquaculture 319: 111-121.     PDF

      Watanabe, W.O. 2011. Species profile: Black Sea Bass. Southern Regional Aquaculture Center. Texas A & M University. SRAC Publication No. 7207. October 2011.     PDF

      Ostrowski, A. D., W. O. Watanabe, F. P. Montgomery, T. C. Rezek, T. H. Shafer, J. A. Morris Jr. 2011. Effects of salinity and temperature on the growth, survival, whole body osmolality, and expression of Na+/K+ ATPase mRNA in red porgy (Pagrus pagrus) larvae. Aquaculture 314: 193-201.     PDF

  • 2006–2010
    • 2010

      Burpee, J.L., Bardsley, E.L., Dillaman, R.M., Watanabe, W.O. and Kinsey, S.T. 2010. Scaling with body mass of mitochondrial respiration from the white muscle of three phylogenetically, morphologically and behaviorally disparate teleost fishes. Journal of Comparative Physiology B180: 967-977.     PDF

      Rezek, T.C., W.O. Watanabe, M. Harel, and P.J. Seaton. 2010. Effects of dietary docosahexaenoic acid (22:6n-3) and arachidonic acid (20:4n-6) on the growth, survival, stress resistance and fatty acid composition in black sea bass Centropristis striata (Linnaeus 1758) larvae. Aquaculture Research (41): 1302-1314.     PDF

    • 2009

      Alam, M.S., W.O. Watanabe, and H.V. Daniels. 2009. Effect of different dietary protein and lipid levels on growth performance and body composition of juvenile southern flounder (Paralichthys lethostigma) reared in recirculating aquaculture system. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 40 (4): 513-521.     PDF

      Alam, M.S., W.O. Watanabe W.O., P.M. Carroll and T.C. Rezek. 2009. Effects of dietary protein and lipid levels on growth performance and body composition of black sea bass Centropristis striata (Linnaeus 1758) during grow-out in a pilot-scale marine recirculating system. Aquaculture Research 40 (4):442-449.     PDF

      Bentley, C.D., W.O. Watanabe, T.C. Rezek, and P.J. Seaton. 2009. Preliminary investigations on the effects of dietary lipid on the spawning performance and egg quality of black sea bass Centropristis striata L. Aquaculture Research 40 (16): 1873-1883.     PDF 

    • 2008

      Bentley, C.D., P.M. Carroll, A.M. Riedel and W.O. Watanabe. 2008. Intensive rotifer production in a pilot-scale continuous culture recirculating system using nonviable microalgae and an ammonia neutralizer. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 39: 625-635.     PDF

      Alam, M.S., W.O. Watanabe, and P.M. Carroll. 2008. Dietary protein requirementsof juvenile black sea bass, Centropristis striata. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 39 (5): 656-663.     PDF

      Morris Jr., J.A., T.C. Rezek, N.A. McNeill, and W.O. Watanabe. 2008. Aquaculture of the Atlantic Red Porgy. North American Journal of Aquaculture 70: 184-191.     PDF

    • 2007

    • 2006

      Watanabe, W.O., C.A. Woolridge and H.V. Daniels. 2006. Progress toward year-round spawning of southern flounder broodstock by manipulation of temperature and photoperiod. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 37: 256-272.     PDF

      Morgan, A.J., R. Murashige, C.A. Woolridge, J.A. Luckenbach, W.O. Watanabe, R.J. Borski and H.V. Daniels. 2006. Effective UV dose and pressure shock for induction of meiotic gynogenesis in southern flounder (Paralichthys lethostigma) using black sea bass (Centropristis striata) sperm. Aquaculture 259: 290-299.     PDF

      Mangino Jr., A. and W.O. Watanabe. 2006. Combined effects of turbulence and salinity on growth, survival and whole-body osmolality of larval southern flounder. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 37: 407-420.     PDF

      Copeland, K.A. and W.O. Watanabe. 2006. Light intensity effects on early life stages of black sea bass, Centropristis striata (Linnaeus 1758). Aquaculture Research 37: 1458-1463.     PDF

       

  • 2001–2005
  • 1995–2000
    • 1999

      Watanabe, W.O. S. C. Ellis, E. P. Ellis and M.W. Feeley. 1999. Temperature effects on eggs and yolk sac larvae of the summer flounder at different salinities. North American Journal of Aquaculture 61: 267-277. (Nominee American Fisheries Society Best Paper Award for 1999 in N.A. Journal of Aquaculture).     PDF

    • 1998

      Ellis, S.C., W.O. Watanabe, and E.P. Ellis. 1998. Temperature effects on feed utilization and growth of post-settlement stage Nassau grouper. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 126: 309-315.     PDF

      Watanabe, W.O., M.W. Feeley, S.C. Ellis, E.P. Ellis and R.A. Cooper. 1998. Light intensity and salinity effects on eggs and yolk sac larvae of the summer flounder Paralichthys dentatus. Progressive Fish-Culturist 60: 9-19 (American Fisheries Society Best Paper Award for 1999 in N.A. Journal of Aquaculture).     PDF

      Watanabe, W.O., E.P. Ellis, S.C. Ellis, J. Chavez, C. Mandfredi, R.W. Hagood, M. Sparsis and S. Arneson. 1998. Artificial propagation of mutton snapper Lutjanus analis a new candidate marine fish species for aquaculture. Journal World Aquaculture Society 29: 176-187.     PDF

      Watanabe, W.O., E.P. Ellis, S.C. Ellis and M.W. Feeley. 1998. Progress in controlled maturation and spawning of summer flounder Paralichthys dentatus broodstock. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 29: 393-404.     PDF

    • 1997

      Ellis, E.P., W.O. Watanabe, S.C. Ellis, J. Ginoza and A. Moriwake. 1997. Effects of turbulence, salinity and light intensity on hatching and early larval survival in Nassau grouper, Epinephelus striatus. Journal of Applied Aquaculture 7: 33-43.     PDF

      Watanabe, W.O., R.I. Wicklund, B.L. Olla and W.D. Head. 1997. Saltwater culture of the Florida red and other saline tolerant tilapias: a review. Pages 54-141 in B.A. Costa-Pierce and J.E. Rakocy (eds). Tilapia Aquaculture in the Americas, Vol. 1. World Aquaculture Society, Baton Rouge, LA, USA.

    • 1996

      Head, W.D., W.O. Watanabe, S.C. Ellis and E.P. Ellis. 1996. Hormone-induced multiple spawning of captive Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus) broodstock. Progressive Fish-Culturist 58: 65-69.     PDF

      Ellis, S.C., G. Viala, and W.O. Watanabe. 1996. Growth and feed utilization of hatchery-reared, juvenile Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus) fed four practical diets. Progressive Fish-Culturist 58: 167-172.     PDF

      Watanabe, W.O., E.P. Ellis, S.C. Ellis, V.G. Lopez, J. Ginoza and A. Moriwake. 1996. Evaluation of first-feeding regimes for larval Nassau grouper (E. striatus) and preliminary pilot-scale culture through metamorphosis. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 27: 323-331.     PDF

    • 1995

      Watanabe, W.O. 1995. Aquaculture of the Florida pompano (Trachinotus carolinus) and other jacks (family Carangidae) in the western Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, and Caribbean Basin: status and potential. In: K.L. Main and C. Rosenfeld, editors, Culture of High-Value Marine Fishes in Asia and the United States. Proceedings of the Fifth International Asian Interchange Workshop. The Oceanic Institute, Honolulu, Hawaii.

      Watanabe, W.O., C.-S. Lee, S.C. Ellis, and E.P. Ellis. 1995. Hatchery study of the effects of temperature on eggs and yolksac larvae of the Nassau grouper, Epinephelus striatus. Aquaculture 136: 141-147.     PDF

      Watanabe, W.O., S.C. Ellis, E.P. Ellis, W.D. Head, C.D. Kelley, A. Moriwake, C.-S. Lee and P.K. Bienfang. 1995. Progress in controlled breeding of Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus) broodstock by hormone induction. Aquaculture 138: 205-219.     PDF

Non Peer-Reviewed

  • 2006–2010

    2009

    Alam, M. S. 2009. Soybean protein used for partial replacement of fish meal in the diet of juvenile black sea bass. Hatchery International, May/June 2009, page 27.

    Dumas, C.F. and J.D. Wilde. 2009. Assessing metro niche market demand for North Carolina mariculture products. North Carolina Biotechnology Center Regional Development Grant Program Report, Grant No. 2008-RDG-4003.

    Rezek, T.C., W.O. Watanabe, J.A. Morris Jr., and N.A. McNeil. 2009. Atlantic Red Porgy: Candidate Species for U.S. Aquaculture. Global Aquaculture Advocate 12 (1): 44-46.

    2007

    Alam, M.S., C.D., Bentley, T.C. Rezek, J.K. Carrier, P.M. Carroll, and W.O. Watanabe. 2007. University of North Carolina conducts varied research on black sea bass. Global Aquaculture Advocate (feed and nutrition), Sept-Oct 2007, Vol. 10, issue 5. Page 86-88.

    2006

    Daniels, H.V., T.M. Losordo, and W.O. Watanabe. 2006. Southern flounder aquaculture workshop. March 16-17, 2006, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.

    Alam, M.S. and W.O. Watanabe. 2006. Southern Flounder. Aqua Feeds: Formulation and Beyond, Vol. 2, Issue 4, 17-19.

  • 2000–2005

    2005

    Bentley, C.D., P.M. Carroll, A.M. Riedel and W.O. Watanabe. 2005. Intensive rotifer production in a pilot-scale continuous culture recirculating system using condensed microalgae. Global Aquaculture Advocate Global Aquaculture Advocate Aug. 2005: 54-55

    2004

    Yates, J.K., C.F. Dumas, W.O. Watanabe, P.M. Carroll and T.M. Losordo. 2004. Production economics of flounder aquaculture. Global Aquaculture Advocate 7: 26-28.

    Copeland and A.E. White. 2004. Recent progress in induced spawning and larval and juvenile culture of black sea bass Centropristis striata. Fifth International Conference on Recirculating Aquaculture. Virginia Tech. Virginia Sea Grant/NOAA.

    2003

    Watanabe, W.O., K.A. Copeland, P.M Carroll, and J.K Yates. 2003. Black sea bass ongrowing may provide transition between commercial fishing and aquaculture. Global Aquaculture Advocate 6: 64-66.

    Davis, M., K. Riley, M. Riche, C. Weirich, T. Pfeiffer, W. Watanabe, F. Wirth, K. Davis. 2003. Selecting a euryhaline food fish candidate for culture. Fish Farming News. June. pp. -1--1

    Watanabe, W.O., K.A. Copeland, P.M Carroll, and J.K Yates. 2003. Progress in on-growing of captive wild black sea bass Centropristis striata in a recirculating tank system. Proceedings of The Fourth International Conference on Recirculating Aquaculture 101-105.

    Carroll, P.M., W.O. Watanabe and T.M. Losordo. 2003. Microbead media offers low cost, efficiency in RAS biofilters. Global Aquaculture Advocate 6: 36-37.

    2000

    Watanabe, W.O. and G. Nardi. 2000. Broodstock management of summer flounder and southern flounder. Global Aquaculture Advocate 3: 27-29.

    Watanabe, W.O., P. Carroll, and H.V. Daniels. 2000. Recent progress in controlled reproduction of Southern flounder Paralichthys lethostigma. U.S. Japan Natural Resources Technical Report 28: 141-148.

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