Food Security

Dry matter, ash, and elemental composition of pond-cultured tilapia Oreochromis aureus and O. niloticus

Abstract: This study was conducted to determine the dry matter and elemental composition of two species of tilapia, Oreochromis aureus and O. niloticus. Thirty-two O. aureus […]

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  • Author(s): Claude E. Boyd; Bartholomew W. Green
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Development of decision support tools for aquaculture: The POND experience

Abstract: Decision support systems (DSS) are potentially valuable tools for assessing the economic objects or entities (e.g. multiple ponds and fish lots), their management settings together […]

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  • Author(s): John Bolte; Shree Nath; Doug Ernst
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

AquaFarm: Simulation and decision support for aquaculture facility design and management planning

Abstract: Development and application of a software product for aquaculture facility design and facilities are simulated, resource requirements and enterprise budgets compiled, and operation and management […]

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  • Author(s): Douglas H. Ernst; John P. Bolte; Shree S. Nath
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Analyses of various inputs for pond culture of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus): Profitability and potential environmental impacts

Abstract: This paper presents profitability analyses and potential environmental impacts for Nile tilapia culture in ponds with a series progressive inputs. The sequential experimental stages to […]

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  • Author(s): Yang Yi; C. Kwei Lin
  • Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document

Microbiological hazards of tilapia culture systems

Abstract: Fecal coliform levels were measured in seven freshwater fish culture systems to assess potential microbiological hazards. Over a two month period, fecal coliform concentrations in […]

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  • Author(s): Casey McKeon; Edward Glenn; Charles P. Gerba; Kevin Fitzsimmons
  • Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document

A pilot study on the spatial and temporal soil moisture distribution in integrated crop-fishwetland and crop-wetland agroecosystems in Zomba-East, Malawi

Abstract: Integration of aquaculture into existing agricultural systems has been reported to improve productivity and ecological sustainability through better water management, improved soil fertility arising from […]

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  • Author(s): Daniel Jamu
  • Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document

Nonparametric Estimation of Returns to Investment in Honduras Shrimp Research

Abstract: Economic returns to the investment in shrimp research in Honduras by Auburn University researchers, as a part of the Pond Dynamics/Aquaculture Collaborative Research Support Program […]

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  • Author(s): Siddhartha Dasgupta and Carole R. Engle
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Managing the accumulation of organic matter deposited on the bottom of shrimp ponds . . . Do chemical and biological probiotics really work?

Abstract: Accumulation of organic matter increases oxygen demand and the development of reducing and acidic conditions in bottoms soils. Deterioration of soil and water quality in […]

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  • Author(s): Stanislaus Sonnenholzner; Claude Boyd
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Pond soil pH measurementq

Abstract: Soil pH often is measured in samples from the bottoms of aquaculture ponds. Several different techniques for soil pH are used. This study considered the […]

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  • Author(s): Taworn Thunjai; Claude E. Boyd; Karen Dube
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Efectos en la rentabilidad y las estrategias de manejo de las fincas en Honduras, por las tasas de sobrevivencia del Camaron blanco

Abstract: Honduras es el productor de camaron cultivado mas importante entre los paises del Istmo Centroamericano, con un columen total de produccion de 12,000 TM, de […]

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  • Author(s): Diego Valderrama y Carole R. Engle
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article