Pond Dynamics/Aquaculture

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Techniques for efficient and sustainable mass production of tilapia in Thailand

Abstract: Tilapia culture in Southeast Asia is presently both spreading and intensifying. Researchers at the Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) have learned from and contributed to […]

  • Date of Publication: 1995
  • Author(s): James P. Szyper; C. Kwei Lin, David Little; Sununtar Setboonsarng; Amararatne Yakupitiyage; Peter Edwards; Harvey Demaine
  • Type of Document: Conference Proceeding or Document

Evaluation of soil pH-Percent base saturation relationships for use in estimating the lime requirements of earthen aquaculture ponds

Abstract: The pH-percent base saturation relationships of selected subsurface soil horizons were evaluated by fitting theoretical and empirical models to published soils data. The selected models […]

  • Date of Publication: 1995
  • Author(s): James R. Bowman; James E. Lannan
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Rates of Fish Waste Production and Effluent Discharge From a Recirculating System (BIOFISH) Under Commercial Conditions

Abstract: Application of the regulatory principle of ‘best available technology’ (BAT) to fish farm effluent control has, to some extent, been a driving force for the […]

  • Date of Publication: 1995
  • Author(s): B. Eikebrokk; R. Piedrahita; Y Ulgenes
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Experimental Observations on Feeding Biology of Black Carp (Mylopharyngodon piceus)

Abstract: Black carp, Mylopharyngodon piceus, has powerful pharyngeal teeth which are adapted for crushing mollusks. Several species of gastropods are nuisance organisms or intermediate hosts in […]

  • Date of Publication: 1995
  • Author(s): WL Shelton; A Soliman; S Rothbard
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Water budgets for fish ponds in the dry tropics

Abstract: Water budgets were calculated for embankment fish ponds located in the dry tropics. Two 5-month studies were conducted at Comayagua, Honduras. Daily pond evaporation averaged […]

  • Date of Publication: 1995
  • Author(s): Bartholonew W. Green; Claude E. Boyd
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Chemical budgets for organically fertilized fish ponds in the dry tropics

Abstract: Chemical budgets were determined for nitrogen, phosphorus, dissolved oxygen and chemical oxygen demand for three 0.1-ha earthen pounds stocked with Oreochromis niloticus at the El […]

  • Date of Publication: 1995
  • Author(s): Bartholomew W. Green; Claude E. Boyd
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Semi-intensive commercial grow-out of Penaeus vannamei fed diets containing differing levels of crude protein during wet and dry seasons in Honduras

Abstract: Shrimp were grown under ideal management conditions during two distinct seasons of the year at stocking densities used most often in Honduras with the Objectives […]

  • Date of Publication: 1995
  • Author(s): David R. Teichert-Coddington; Rigoberto Rodriguez
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Dry matter, ash, and elemental composition of pond-cultured Penaeus vaannamei and P. stylirostris

Abstract: Mass balance calculations for nutrient elements are useful in determining the efficiency of fertilizers and feeds in aquaculture ponds, for studying the fate of nutrients […]

  • Date of Publication: 1995
  • Author(s): Claude E. Boyd; David Teichert-Coddington
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Co-culture of catfish (Clarias macrocephalus x C. gariepinus) and tilapia (Orechromis niloticus) in ponds

Abstract: The experiment was conducted for 122 days in central Thailand to test rearing of hybrid catfish in cages in earthen ponds, where tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) […]

  • Date of Publication: 1995
  • Author(s): C. Kwei Lin; James S. Diana
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article

Polyculture of tilapia with marine shrimp

Abstract: The potential for tilapia-marine shrimp polyculture is evaluated. Aquaculturally important tilapia are the Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus), blue tilapia (O. aureus), red tilapia (Oreochromis spp.) […]

  • Date of Publication: 1995
  • Author(s): Bartholomew W. Green
  • Type of Document: Scholarly Article