Possible clues to improved pond culture of penaeid shrimp

dc.acquisition-srcen_US
dc.call-noSH138. W67 1979 v 10en_US
dc.contract-noen_US
dc.contributor.authorFurness, F.N.en_US
dc.contributor.authorAldrich, D.V.en_US
dc.contributor.otheren_US
dc.date.accessioned2010-02-15T17:00:00Z
dc.date.available2010-02-15T17:00:00Z
dc.date.issued1979en_US
dc.degreeen_US
dc.descriptionp. 477-488en_US
dc.description-otheren_US
dc.description.abstractPenaeus aztecus were cultured in six 0.1 ha earthen ponds receiving thermal effluent from a steam electric generating station near Galveston Bay, Texas, for a 70-71 day culture period. Two ponds were stocked with 3500 shrimp each and 4 with 2500 shrimp. Only shrimp in 2 ponds stocked at the lower density did not receive supplemental food. Each pond was treated weekly with 4.5 kg of 45-0-0 fertilizer to correlate with survival as two of the three ponds with 79% survival contained the unfed shrimp. Size of shrimp at harvest and daily growth rates were not correlated with stocking density or feeding treatment. Growth was positively correlated with increasing pond bottom softness. Based on seine sample data, wind direction strongly affected the distribution of brown shrimp. The greatest populations were usually found near the downwind shore of ponds. This relationship was strongest in ponds containing fed shrimp. The efficiency of seine samples was also affected by the time of day. Samples completed between 1800 and 0600 h caught more shrimp and were less variable than samples taken between 0900 and 1430 h. For improved population estimation, night sampling along downwind shores of culture ponds is recommended.en_US
dc.description.urihttp://gbic.tamug.edu/request.htmen_US
dc.geo-codeGalveston Bayen_US
dc.historyen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1969.3/20843
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dc.locationTAMUG circulating collectionen_US
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dc.notesPresented at: 10th Annual Meeting of World Mariculture Society, Honolulu, Hawaii.en_US
dc.placeBaton Rouge, Louisiana:en_US
dc.publisherWorld Mariculture Society.en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries3037.00en_US
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dc.seriesen_US
dc.subjectPenaeus aztecusen_US
dc.subjectstockingen_US
dc.subjectshrimpen_US
dc.subjectplanktonen_US
dc.subjectsurvivalen_US
dc.subjectgrowthen_US
dc.subjectwindsen_US
dc.subjectsamplingen_US
dc.titlePossible clues to improved pond culture of penaeid shrimpen_US
dc.typeBooken_US
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