Aquaculture pond fertilization

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note: Contributors Preface Section 1: General Fertilization Concepts 1 Nutrient Cycling Claude E. Boyd 2 Pond Ecology Ana Milstein 3 Organic and Inorganic Fertilization Richard W. Soderberg 4 Water Quality and Pond Fertilization Claude E. Boyd 5 Environmental Issues in Pond Fertilization Claude E. Boyd and Li Li 6 Controlling Plant Pests Before Fertilization Jimmy L. Avery Section 2: Management Approaches to Pond Fertilization 7 Management Strategy 1: Manipulation of Pond Nutrient Ratios Jian G. Qin 8 Management Strategy 2: The Algal Bioassay Fertilization Strategy (ABFS): An Ecological Approach for Efficeint Pond Fertilization Christopher Knud-Hansen 9 Management Strategy 3: Fixed-Rate Fertilizer Applications Charles C. Mischke Section 3: Common Fertilization Practices Currently Used for Production of Selected Species Under Various Culture Conditions 10 Channel Catfish Pond Fertilization Charles C. Mischke 11 Walleye and Yellow Perch Pond Fertilization Christopher F. Hartleb, J. Alan Johnson, and James A. Held 12 Some Principles of Pond Fertilization for Nile Tilapia Using Organic and Inorganic Inputs James S. Diana 13 Fertilizing Sunshine Bass Production Ponds Gerald M. Ludwig 14 Challenges to the Intensification of Largemouth Bass Culture Shawn D. Coyle, Gerald Kurten, Steve Marple, and James H. Tidwell 15 Baitfish Pond Fertilization Nathan Stone 16 Carp Pond Fertilization Debajyoti Chakrabarty and Sanjib Kumar Das 17 Sport Fish Pond Fertilization J. Wesley Neal and Robert Kroger 18 Fertilization of Marine Finfish Nursery Ponds for Aquaculture Production Charles R. Weirich and Jesse A. Chappell Index.

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"Aquaculture Pond Fertilization: Impacts of Nutrient Input on Production is a current, practical reference on the nutrient input techniques and strategies used to maximize production in freshwater pond culture systems. All fish raised in ponds require fertilizers to be added during certain developmental stages that differ from species to species. Pond culture systems are used across a wide variety of freshwater fish species and appropriate fertilization is an important component to raising robust, efficient fish. Fertilization regimens must factor in many variables ranging from location and water quality to species type, all of which can impact responses to fertilizer application. Aquaculture Pond Fertilization provides the reader with practical information on nutrient management and application from leading researchers in the field. Species specific chapters provide real world examples of fertilization strategies for such key species as catfish, bass, tilapia, perch, carp, sport fish, and ornamentals"--