Excerpt - page 24: "... Even if ponds are managed for high animal ... maximum aquaculture production (Almazan and Boyd 1978a). Animal production in fertilized ponds is highest when availability ..."
Excerpt - page 16: "... Layers of sediment and underlaying soil in a pond bottom are illustrated in Figure 2.3. Recent research by Munsiri and Boyd ( ..."
Excerpt - page 3: "... sufficient natural food for high rates of aquacultural production. Some ponds have more nutrients in their bottom soils and waters than other ponds, and there is a large range in the natural productivity of ponds (Boyd, 1990). ..."
Excerpt - page 71: "... 70 was a reliable coefficient for estimating pond evaporation, Boyd (1985a) made evaporation measure- ments at Auburn, Alabama, for a ..."
Excerpt - page 248: "... and stimulate primary productivity in earthen ponds to promote fish growth. There are very few cases where applications of micronutrients have been necessary in aquaculture pond fertilization (Boyd and Tucker 1998). ..."