A commercial-scale, in-pond raceway system for Ictalurid catfish production

Aquacultural Engineering

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 72-79

  Brown, Travis W ^a,b   Chappell, Jesse A ^a   Boyd, Claude E ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Catfish production; In pond raceway system; Water recirculation

Indexed keywords

ALABAMA; CATFISH PRODUCTION; CHANNEL CATFISH; EFFICIENT PRODUCTION; FEED CONVERSION RATIOS; FISH FARMS; HARVEST PRODUCTION; HIGH POTENTIAL; PADDLE WHEELS; RACEWAY SYSTEMS; REVOLUTIONS PER MINUTES; WATER EXCHANGE; WATER FLOW RATE; WATER RECIRCULATION; WATER VELOCITIES;

ECOLOGY; FLOW RATE; HARVESTING; PRODUCTION CONTROL;

LAKES;

AQUACULTURE PRODUCTION; COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY; ENGINEERING; FISH CULTURE; HARVESTING; HYBRID; INSTALLATION; POND CULTURE; RECIRCULATING SYSTEM; STOCK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL; TELEOST; WATER EXCHANGE; WATER FLOW;

ALABAMA; UNITED STATES;

ICTALURIDAE; ICTALURUS PUNCTATUS; POLYODONTIDAE (FISH); TILAPIA;

EID: 79956083922     PISSN: 01448609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaeng.2011.03.003     Document Type: Article

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