Water and nutrient budgets of ponds in integrated agriculture-aquaculture systems in the Mekong Delta, Vietnam

Aquaculture Research

Volumn 39, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1216-1228

  Nhan, Dang K ^a,b   Verdegem, Marc C J ^b   Milstein, Ana ^c   Verreth, Johan A V ^b  

^a CAN THO UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Fish and Aquaculture Research Station   (Israel)

Author keywords

Environment; Integrated agriculture aquaculture; Nutrient budgets; Vietnam; Water budgets

Indexed keywords

FISH CULTURE; FISHERY PRODUCTION; HARVESTING; NUTRIENT BUDGET; POND; PROFITABILITY; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; WATER BUDGET;

ASIA; EURASIA; MEKONG DELTA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 48749108428     PISSN: 1355557X     EISSN: 13652109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2008.01986.x     Document Type: Article

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