Influence of pond fertilization and feeding rate on growth performance, economic returns and water quality in a small-scale cage-cum-pond integrated system for production of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus L.)

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 594-600

  Waidbacher, Herwig ^a   Liti, David M ^b   Fungomeli, Maria ^c   Mbaluka, Raphael K ^d   Munguti, Jonathan M ^e   Straif, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^c Kipepeo Project   (Kenya)

^d Fisheries Department   (Kenya)

^e KENYA MARINE AND FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Cage; Feeding rate; Fertilized ponds; Integration; Oreochromis niloticus

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ASPECTS OF FISHERIES; FISH CULTURE; FISHERY PRODUCTION; POND CULTURE; WATER QUALITY;

OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; TILAPIA;

EID: 33645794745     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: 13652109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2006.01467.x     Document Type: Article

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