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Rice-fish-vegetable integrated farming: towards a sustainable ecosystem
Type: Journal Article
An outline is given of procedures to take in order to adopt an integrated rice-fish-vegetable farming system in India. Vegetables, which are cultivated in the dikes of the system, may include Luffa acutangula, Vigna ...
The accuracy of some length-based methods for fish population studies
Type: Report
Monte-Carlo simulations of fish populations with different biological characteristics were generated to test the accuracy of some recent methods for the assessment of growth in fishes on the basis of length data. ...
MAXIMS: a computer program for estimating the food consumption of fishes from diel stomach contents data and population parameters
Type: Manual
Developed for IBM PC (and its compatibles), the software estimates the size-specific daily food consumption of fishes from a 24-hour cycle of stomach contents data for either one or two feeding periods per day, as well ...
A fish crop may improve rice yields and ricefields
Type: Journal Article
Rice and fish are important in Asian diets. Up to now the supplies of rice and fish have come from differentRice and fish are important in Asian diets. Up to now the supplies of rice and fish have come from different ...
Rice-fish culture demonstration in Surin Province, Thailand
Type: Journal Article
A brief account is given of project activities conducted regarding promotion of rice-cum-fish culture in Surin Province,Thailand as a means of increasing protein consumption and also income for rural people. The effect of ...
International research collaboration in rice-fish research
Type: Journal Article
Growing fish in ricefields could dramatically increase farmers' incomes from rice lands and fish production in Asia. This article describes how collaborative international research can strengthen national research ia ...
Estimating the food consumption of fishes: one step in linking a species with its ecosystem
Type: Journal Article
Details are given of a new software package MAXIMS which may be used to estimate the daily food consumption of fish. The software estimates the feeding times, the rates of ingestion and evacuation and related parameters. ...
Interrelationships between swimming speed, caudal fin aspect ratio and body length of fishes
Type: Journal Article
The aspect ratio of the caudal fin of 63 fish species was measured. Swimming speeds for these species, representing 129 cases, were obtained from the literature for various fish sizes and speeds, i.e. "minimum speed" for ...
Studies on the population dynamics of Pellonula leonensis (Clupeidae) in the Cross River, Nigeria
Type: Journal Article
Based on length-frequency distributions and mean annual water temperature, growth and mortality parameter estimates, as well as spawning pattern of Pellonula leonensis (Clupeidae) occurring in the Cross River (Nigeria) ...