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Transportation methods for restocking of juvenile sea cucumber, Holothuria scabra.
Type: Journal Article
The sandfish, Holothuria scabra, is a heavily exploited sea cucumber species. Minimising stress in the transportation of hatchery-produced sandfish juveniles to release sites is critical for successful restocking. Replicate ...
Integrating fish into seasonally flooded rice fields: on-farm trials in Assam, India
Type: Journal Article
In the State of Assam, floodplains cover 2.6 million ha of area that is traditionally rice growing. The ecosystem in the rice-growing areas has undergone major changes as a result of various developmental activities and ...
Mangrove Rehabilitation in the West coast of Aceh - Issues and Perspectives
Type: Journal Article
The condition of mangroves pre- and post- tsunami and the socioeconomic role of mangrove forests in the livelihoods of coastal communities along the west coast of Aceh province, Indonesia are examined. The findings indicate ...
Exploring the trophic structure in organically fertilized and feed-driven tilapia culture environments using multivariate analyses
Type: Journal Article
Reports of similar yields in manure and feed-driven tilapia culture environments raise questions on food utilization in these environments. The possibility that similar production rates are because of utilization of different ...
Towards the index of all known species: The Catalogue of Life, its rationale, design and use
Type: Journal Article
The Catalogue of Life, created by Species 2000 and the Integrated Taxonomic Information System, has the ambitious aim of creating a uniform and validated index of the world’s known species for use as a practical tool in ...
Effect of salinity on carrying capacity of adult Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus L. in recirculating systems
Type: Journal Article
Effect of salinity on carrying capacity of a recirculation system for Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus L.; production was assessed. Survival, growth and feed conversion ratio of adult Nile tilapia fed 30% crude protein ...
Community-Based Fish Culture in Seasonal Floodplains
Type: Journal Article
During the rainy season in extensive river floodplains and deltaic lowlands, floods render the land unavailable for crop production for several months each year. These waters are considerably underutilized in terms of ...
Restocking the sea cucumber Holothuria scabra: sizing no-take zones through individual-based movement modelling
Type: Journal Article
The valuable sea cucumber Holothuria scabra, known as ‘sandfish’, has potential for restocking. However, there is little information available to determine the size of the no-take zones (NTZs) needed to protect the released ...
Effect of nitrogen fertilizer source on water quality and performance of two tilapia species
Type: Journal Article
The purpose of the present study was to compare the effect of urea and calcium nitrate (c. nitrate) as nitrogen fertilizer sources with mono superphosphate (msp) on water quality and the performance of two species of tilapia ...
Global documentation of fish introductions: the growing crisis and recommendations for action.
Type: Journal Article
Fish provides 15% of the total animal protein in human diets. It is also the primary source of livelihood for 35 million people (30 M in Asia and 2.6 M in Africa). The increase in global population and demand for fish ...