Effects of water management practices on discharge of nutrients and organic matter from channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) ponds

Aquaculture

Volumn 147, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 57-69

  Tucker, Craig S ^a   Kingsbury, Susan K ^a   Pote, Jonathan W ^b   Wax, Charles L ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquaculture effluents; Channel catfish; Environmental impacts; Fish ponds; Ictalurus punctatus; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ICTALURUS PUNCTATUS;

CATFISH; NUTRIENT DISCHARGE; ORGANIC MATTER; POND OVERFLOW; WATER MANAGEMENT;

USA, MISSISSIPPI;

EID: 0030595537     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0044-8486(96)01342-7     Document Type: Article

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