Masculinization of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) by immersion in androgens
Abstract: The use of all-male populations increases the efficiency and feasibility of tilapia aquaculture. The Objectives of this study was to determine the efficacy of a […]
- Date of Publication: 1999
- Author(s): William L. Gale; Martin S. Fitzpatrick; Michael Lucero; Wilfrido M. Contreras-Sanchez; Carl B. Schreck
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Global
- Topic: Food Security, Productivity
CRSP: Pond Dynamics/Aquaculture
Database: Publication
Risks associated with the use of chemicals in pond aquaculture
Abstract: The most common substances used in pond aquaculture are fertilizers and liming materials. Fertilizers are highly soluble and release nutrients that can cause eutrophication of […]
- Date of Publication: 1999
- Author(s): Claude E. Boyd; Laurence Massaut
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Global
- Topic: Food Security, Productivity
CRSP: Pond Dynamics/Aquaculture
Database: Publication
Generation of daily and hourly solar radiation values for modeling water quality in aquaculture ponds
Abstract: A stochastic model has been developed for generation of daily and hourly solar radiation values that can be used as inputs in a water quality […]
- Date of Publication: 1999
- Author(s): Z. Lu; R.H. Piedrahita; C. Dos Santos Neto
- Type of Document: Scholarly Article
- Region: Global
- Topic: Food Security, Productivity
CRSP: Pond Dynamics/Aquaculture
Database: Publication
Good management practices (GMPs) to reduce environmental impacts and improve efficiency of shrimp aquaculture in Latin America
Abstract: A list of practices that can be used to improve the efficiency and reduce the negative environmental impacts of shrimp farming is presented. The practices […]
- Date of Publication: 1999
- Author(s): Claude E. Boyd; Maria C. Haws
- Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Food Security, Productivity
CRSP: Pond Dynamics/Aquaculture
Database: Publication
Estimation of carrying capacity for shrimp aquaculture in the eastern estuaries of the Gulf of Fonseca
Abstract: An intensive data collection and modeling study has been underway for the past several years addressing two of the channel estuaries draining into the Gulf […]
- Date of Publication: 1999
- Author(s): George H. Ward; Bartholomew W. Green; David R. Teichert-Coddington
- Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Food Security, Productivity
CRSP: Pond Dynamics/Aquaculture
Database: Publication
Non-parametric estimation of returns to investment in Honduras shrimp research
Abstract: This paper reports the results of a study to evaluate the economic returns on the investment in shrimp research in Honduras. The Goal of this […]
- Date of Publication: 1999
- Author(s): Siddhartha Dasgupta; Carole R. Engle
- Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Markets
CRSP: Pond Dynamics/Aquaculture
Database: Publication
Risk analysis of shrimp farming in Honduras
Abstract: Current realities (disease issues, environmental concerns, unstable market) are encouraging shrimp farmers world-wide to review traditional management strategies and look for tools that help optimize […]
- Date of Publication: 1999
- Author(s): D. Valderrama; C.R. Engle
- Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Food Security, Productivity
CRSP: Pond Dynamics/Aquaculture
Database: Publication
Masculinization of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) by immersion in synthetic androgens: timing and efficacy
Abstract: A variety of methods have been developed for producing single-sex populations of tilapia; Multiple immersions during the critical period of sensitivity consistently achieved greater than […]
- Date of Publication: 1999
- Author(s): Wilfrido M. Contreras-Sanchez; Martin S. Fitzpatrick; Gabriel Marquez-Couturier; Carl B. Schreck
- Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document
- Region: Global
- Topic: Food Security, Productivity
CRSP: Pond Dynamics/Aquaculture
Database: Publication
Fate of the masculinization agent methyltestosterone in the pond environment
Abstract: Use of all-male tilapia populations prevents unwanted reproduction and produces the sex with the greatest growth potential. One common method for producing all-male populations is […]
- Date of Publication: 1999
- Author(s): Martin S. Fitzpatrick; Wilfrido M. Contreras-Sanchez; Ruth H. Milston; Carl B. Schreck
- Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document
- Region: Global
- Topic: Food Security, Productivity
CRSP: Pond Dynamics/Aquaculture
Database: Publication
Sistemas de produccion de tilapia en Honduras (Tilapia production systems in Honduras)
Abstract: Following a period of rapid expansion in the early 1990s, tilapia farming in Honduras continues to be a growing industry. This survey of management systems […]
- Date of Publication: 1999
- Author(s): Bartholomew W. Green
- Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document
- Region: Latin America and the Caribbean
- Topic: Productivity
CRSP: Pond Dynamics/Aquaculture
Database: Publication
