Defining loading limits of static ponds for catfish aquaculture

Aquacultural Engineering

Volumn 28, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 47-63

  Hargreaves, John A ^a,b   Tucker, Craig S ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel catfish; Pond aquaculture; Waste assimilation capacity

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; ECOSYSTEMS; SEDIMENTS; WATER;

ORGANIC MATTER DECOMPOSITION;

AQUACULTURE;

AQUACULTURE;

CATFISH; CYANOBACTERIA; ICTALURUS PUNCTATUS;

EID: 0038082130     PISSN: 01448609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0144-8609(03)00023-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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