Texture and chemical composition of soils from shrimp ponds near Choluteca, Honduras

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Author(s):
Prasert Munsiri; Claude E. Boyd; David R. Teichert-Coddington; Ben F. Hajek

Type of Document:
Scholarly Article

 

Publisher/Journal:
Aquaculture International

Date of Publication:
1996

Place of Publication:
Not Available

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Abstract: Analyses of bottom soils from three recently-established (newer) and three older ponds on each of two, semi-intensive shrimp farms near Choluteca, Honduras, revealed that the 0 to 2.5 cm layer had greater concentrations of most variables than deeper layers. Concentrations of total carbon, nitrogen, sulphur, phosphorus, calcium, iron, manganese, and zinc were greater in older than in newer ponds on one or the other of the farms. After 8-11 y of continuous production, total carbon concentrations varied over pond bottoms, and concentrations usually were greater (1.5-2.5%) in inlet sections. Nitrogen concentrations were about 20% those of carbon, and changes in nitrogen concentration closely followed those of carbon. Precipitation of iron pyrite (FeS2) in anaerobic soil layers was the apparent cause of sulphur accumulation in older ponds. Phosphorus accumulated in older ponds on the farm where heavy doses of fertilizer were applied. Soils of both older and newer ponds on both farms had large accumulations of major cations, a large portion of which were water-soluble salts. There was no evidence of development of adverse soil quality in older ponds.

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