Pond Dynamics/Aquaculture

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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

Chemical and physical characteristics of bottom soil profiles in ponds on haplaquents in an arid climate at Abbassa, Egypt

Abstract: Soil cores were taken from ponds at the Central Laboratory for Aquaculture Research, Abbassa, Sharkia, Egypt. Three ponds received little management since construction in the […]

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

Institutional requirements for aquacultural development in Africa: Lessons from Rwanda

Abstract: Ethnic tension has been an enduring part of Rwanda’s history. In pre-colonial times, a patron-client relationship existed between the warrior Tutsi tribe and the peasant […]

  • Date of Publication: 1996
  • Author(s): John F. Moehl; Joseph J. Molnar
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Masculinization of Nile tilapia by shortterm immersion in methyldihydrotestosterone

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  • Date of Publication: 1996
  • Author(s): W.L. Gale; M.S. Fitzpatrick; C.B. Schreck
  • Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document