Pond Dynamics/Aquaculture

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Phosphorus adsorption capacity and availability of added phosphorus in soils from aquaculture areas in Thailand

Abstract: A series of 20 soil samples was collected from aquaculture areas in 14 provinces of Thailand. Samples represented 10 soil suborders and exhibited wide variation […]

  • Date of Publication: 1996
  • Author(s): Claude E. Boyd; Pasert Munsiri
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Effect of stocking ratio on semi-intensive polyculture of Colossoma macropomum and Oreochromis niloticus in Honduras, Central America

Abstract: Tilapia and tambaqui (Colossoma macropomum) were co-stocked in earthen ponds at 0, 25, 75, and 100% of each species. Total density was three fish m-2. […]

  • Date of Publication: 1996
  • Author(s): David R. Teichert-Coddington
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

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

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 […]

  • Date of Publication: 1996
  • Author(s): Prasert Munsiri; Claude E. Boyd; David R. Teichert-Coddington; Ben F. Hajek
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Social, economic, and institutional impacts of the aquaculture research on tilapia: the PD/A CRSP in Rwanda, Honduras, the Philippines, and Thailand

Abstract: The Pond Dynamics/Aquaculture Collaborative Research Support Program (PD/A CRSP) is a global research network organized to generate basic science that may be used to advance […]

  • Date of Publication: 1996
  • Author(s): Joseph J. Molnar; Terry R. Hanson; Leonard L. Lovshin; et al
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Estimating Oreochromis nilotica production function for small-scale fish culture in Rwanda

Abstract: Consistent low yields are a major problem of many small-scale fish farmers in developing economies. The problem plagues Rwandan fish farmers and is embedded in […]

  • Date of Publication: 1996
  • Author(s): Nathaniel Hishamunda; Curtis M. Jolly; Carole R. Engle
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Phosphorus fertilization strategy in fish ponds based on sediment phosphorus saturation level

Abstract: Two experiments were conducted to determine effective P fertilization strategy in fish ponds in relation to sediment P saturation level. Experiment 1 was conducted in […]

  • Date of Publication: 1996
  • Author(s): Madhav K. Shrestha; C. Kwei Lin
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Timing of supplemental feeding for tilapia production

Abstract: The staged addition of feed to fertilized fish ponds was evaluated by adding fertilizers to 15 ponds stocked with Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus, then adding […]

  • Date of Publication: 1996
  • Author(s): James S. Diana; C. Kwei Lin; Yang Yi
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Observations and model predictions of daily areal primary production in a eutrophic brackish water culture pond

Abstract: Observations of daily gross primary production of oxygen per unit area in a eutrophic, brackish water shrimp culture pond over a 14-day period are compared […]

  • Date of Publication: 1996
  • Author(s): James P. Szyper
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Comparison of three mixing devices in earthen culture ponds of four different surface areas

Abstract: Mechanical mixing of culture ponds with low-powered devices can conserve photosynthetically-produced dissolved oxygen, and so reduce the need for more expensive aeration. This work aimed […]

  • Date of Publication: 1996
  • Author(s): James P. Szyper
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Influence of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) stocking density in cages on their growth and yield in cages and in ponds containing the cages

Abstract: An experiment was conducted for 90 days at the Asian Institute of Technology in Thailand to investigate the appropriate stocking density of large Nile tilapia […]

  • Date of Publication: 1996
  • Author(s): Yang Yi; C. Kwei Lin
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article