Productivity

Increasing attached microorganism biomass as a management strategy for Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) production

Abstract: Feeding of attached microorganisms and detrital biomass (AMDB) by Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) was examined in two 8-week experiments conducted in outdoor concrete tanks. Although […]

  • Date of Publication: 1994
  • Author(s): Madhav K. Shrestha; Christopher F. Knud-Hansen
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Effect of fertilization frequency on the production of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus)

Abstract: An experiment was conducted to determine the most efficient frequency of urea and triple superphosphate (TSP) fertilization of earthen ponds stocked with Nile tilapia (Oreochromis […]

  • Date of Publication: 1994
  • Author(s): Christopher F. Knud-Hansen; Ted R. Batterson
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Pond bottom soil respiration during fallow and culture periods in heavily-fertilized tropical fish ponds

Abstract: Benthic respiration in two fish culture ponds at Comayagua, Honduras, was below 1 g CO2/m2 per day during culture periods. When ponds were drained for […]

  • Date of Publication: 1994
  • Author(s): Claude E. Boyd; David Teichert-Coddington
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Supplemental feeding of tilapia in fertilized ponds

Abstract: The addition of feed to fertilized fish ponds was evaluated by adding feed alone, feed plus fertilizer, or fertilizer alone to nine ponds stocked with […]

  • Date of Publication: 1994
  • Author(s): James S. Diana; Kitjar Jaiyen; C. Kwei Lin
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Growth of control and androgen- treated Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (L.), during treatment, nursery and grow-out phases in tropical fish ponds

Abstract: Masculinization of sexually undifferentiated tilapia fry is achieved by oral administration of the androgen 17-a methyltestosterone (MT). An anabolic response to androgen treatment of tilapia […]

  • Date of Publication: 1994
  • Author(s): Bartholomew Green; David Teichert-Coddington
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Carbon Dioxide Control

Abstract: Carbon dioxide management should be one of many important considerations in intensive aquaculture systems. Unchecked, carbon dioxide may lower the pH to stressful levels, suffocate […]

  • Date of Publication: 1994
  • Author(s): Gary R. Grace; Raul H. Piedrahita
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Modeling photosynthetic production optimization for aquaculture ponds

Abstract: In an aquaculture pond, the primary production system serves both as the basis for the natural food chain, and as a primary source of dissolved […]

  • Date of Publication: 1994
  • Author(s): Philip Giovannini; Raul H. Piedrahita
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Monitoring water quality for tropical freshwater fisheries and aquaculture: A review of aircraft and satellite imagery applications

Abstract: Water quality in tropical fish ponds is Generally evaluated without the assistance of remote sensing because of cost, cloud cover, and other constraints, but certain […]

  • Date of Publication: 1994
  • Author(s): Hillary S. Egna
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Development of semi-intensive aquaculture technologies in Honduras: Summary of freshwater aquacultural research conducted from 1983 to 1992

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  • Date of Publication: 1994
  • Author(s): B.W. Green; D.R. Teichert-Coddington; T. Hanson
  • Type of Document: Research Report

Growth of control and androgen-treated Nile tilapia during treatment, nursery, and growout phases in tropical fish ponds

Coming soon

  • Date of Publication: 1994
  • Author(s): B.W. Green; D.R. Teichert-Coddington
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article