Food Security

Ten-year simulations of organic matter concentrations in tropical aquaculture ponds using the multiple pool modeling approach

Abstract: The accumulation rate of organic matter has been used to develop guidelines on sediment management in tropical aquaculture ponds. However, there is conflicting evidence as […]

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  • Author(s): Daniel M. Jamu; Raul H. Piedrahita
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

An organic matter and nitrogen dynamics model for the ecological analysis of integrated aquaculture/agriculture systems: I. model development and calibration

Abstract: A dynamic and mechanistic mass balance model (Integrated Aquaculture/Agriculture System model, or IAAS) for predicting nitrogen and organic matter outputs from aquaculture ponds and their […]

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  • Author(s): D. M. Jamu; R. H. Piedrahita
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

An organic matter and nitrogen dynamics model for the ecological analysis of integrated aquaculture/agriculture systems: II. Model evaluation and application

Abstract: The performance of a model developed to simulate organic matter and nitrogen dynamics in integrated aquaculture/ agriculture systems was evaluated using sensitivity analysis and model […]

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  • Author(s): D. M. Jamu; R. H. Piedrahita
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

A comparative analysis of the fixed-input, computer modeling, and algal bioassay approaches for identifying pond fertilization requirements for semi-intensive aquaculture

Abstract: This paper compares three different strategies/treatments for determining fertilization rates for producing natural foods in semi-intensive aquaculture ponds. The first strategy used a predetermined, fixed-input […]

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  • Author(s): C. Knud-Hansen; H. Guttman; K. Hopkins
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Gamitana (Colossoma macropomum) and Paco (Piaractus brachypomus) culture in floating cages in the Peruvian Amazon

Abstract: In April 1999, the Institute for Investigations of the Peruvian Amazon (IIAP) located in Iquitos (Loreto region) with the Italian NGO Terra Nuova and Southern […]

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  • Author(s): Fernando Alcantara B.; Carlos Chavez V.; Luciano Rodriguez C.; S. Tello
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Waste Recycling in Fish Pond Culture through Integrated Culture Systems

Abstract: Two new culture strategies, have been developed to recycle feeding waste derived from intensive aquaculture within a single pond, enhance nutrient utilization efficiency, reduce the […]

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

Cluster Membership as a Competitive Advantage in Aquacultural Development: Case Study of Tilapia Producers in Olancho, Honduras

Abstract: The performance of individual firms often is enhanced by membership in a group or cluster of other firms engaged in similar activities. This paper examines […]

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  • Author(s): Pablo R. Martinez; Joseph Molnar; Elizabeth Trejos; Daniel Meyer; Suyapa Triminio Meyer; William Tollner
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Apparent Digestibility Coefficients of Various Feed Ingredients for Grouper Epinephelus coioides

Abstract: Apparent digestibility coefficients (ADC) of dry matter, crude protein, lipid, gross energy, amino acids, and fatty acids in white fish meal, brown fish meal, soybean […]

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  • Author(s): Heizhao Lin; Jiannan Huang; Yongjian Liu; Lixia Tian; Jiteng Wang; Wenhui Zheng; Peiji Chen
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Quality of Liming Material Used in Aquaculture in Thailand

Abstract: Samples of 45 brands of liming materials were obtained Thailand and analyzed for chemical and physical properties. Eight of 10 products sold as ground calcium […]

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  • Author(s): Taworn Thunjai; Claude E Boyd; Mali Boonyaratpalin
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Pond culture of Arapaima gigas in the Peruvian Amazon

Abstract: Arapaima gigas (Osteoglossidae), also known as paiche (Peru) or piraruccu (Brazil and Colombia), is one of the major scaled fish in the Amazon region (Figure […]

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  • Author(s): Fernando Alcantara B.; Salvador Tello M.; Carlos Chavez V.; Luciano Rodriguez C.; Christopher C. Kohler; Susan T. Kohler; William Camargo N.
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article