Carl D. Webster Education B.A., Zoology, Drew University, Madison, NJ, 1982 M.S., Herpetology, Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, Edwardsville, IL, 1984 Ph.D., Fish and Crustacean Nutrition, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, 1989 cwebster@dcr.net

Research Focus

• Research is focused on the elucidation of nutritional requirements of aquaculture species with actual or potential economic importance to the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the United States, to design and implement basic and applied nutritional experiments on finfish and crustacean aquaculture species, to design and develop a finfish and crustacean nutrition program at Kentucky State University, and to assist interested producers and feed mills in formulation of nutritious, economically-viable aquaculture diets.

Current Research Project

• Finfish and Crustacean Nutrition

Student Involvement

Has taught BIO 321: Fish Nutrition since 1994 as part of the Aquaculture Minor offered at Kentucky State University. Currently has two student workers (Ms. Ann Morgan and Ms. Ebony Grisby) who are actively involved in the aquaculture nutrition projects conducted at the Aquaculture Research Center. Both are co-authors on several peer-reviewed, technical articles published by international aquaculture journals. Further, both students have presented research data at scientific meetings. Thus, students are extremely active participants in the research process.

Support Staff

• Mr. Kenneth Thompson, Research Assistant
• Ms. Ann Morgan, Student worker
• Ms. Ebony Grisby, Student worker

Collaborators

• Dr. Ann Gannam, Abernathy Salmonid Culture and Technology Center, 1440 Abernathy Rd., Longview, WA 98632
• David Rouse, Department of Fisheries and Allied Aquacultures, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849.

Nutrition lab	Student assistant	Analyzing samples	Fish harvest

Recent Publications

Webster, C.D., Tiu, L.G., Morgan, A.M., and Gannam, A.L. In Press. Effect of partial and total replacement of fish meal on growth and body composition of sunshine bass (Morone chrysops X M. saxatilis) fed practical diets. J. World Aquacult. Soc.

Webster, C.D. and Tiu, L.G. 1999. Effects of feeding diets with different protein levels on growth and body composition of blue catfish, Ictalurus furcatus, grown in cages. J. Ky. Acad. Sci. 60(1):4-8.

Webster, C.D. and Tiu, L.G. 1999. Hempseed meal as a partial replacement for soybean meal in diets for channel catfish. Ky. Fish Farming Newsletter 11(3/4):5-6.

Bett, K.L. Johnsen, P.B., Webster, C.D., Tiu, L.G., Xiong, X.L., and Decker, E.A. 1998.

Sensory and chemical evaluation of sunshine bass (Morone chrysops x M. saxatilis) fillets during frozen storage. J. Appl. Aquacult. 8(1):53-68.

Tidwell, J.H., Webster, C.D., Coyle, S.D., and Shulmeister, W.G. 1998. Effect of stocking density on growth and water quality for largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides) raised in ponds. J. World Aquacult. Soc. 29:79-83.

Tidwell, J.H., Webster, C.D., and Coyle, S.D. 1998. Fatty acid and amino acid composition of eggs, muscle and midgut glands of freshwater prawns, Macrobrachium rosenbergii, raised in fertilized ponds, unfertilized ponds or fed prepared diets. Aquaculture Research 29:37-45.

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Master's Program in Aquaculture

World Aquaculture Society

Journal of Applied Aquaculture

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