Investigation into the factors associated with poor water quality in intensively cultured prawn ponds
Water quality problems are reported to be the factor limiting prawn production in the local prawn farm. This investigation was carried out to monitor water quality and its relationship to physical, chemical and biological conditions in the ponds in order to establish what factors should be monitored in order to predict problems. Pond collapse was found to be associated with high concentrations of ammonium, high pH and blue-green algae dominated phytoplankton populations. There was no easy means of predicting the imminent collapse of ponds as the phenomenon was never associated with the extreme of any of the conditions monitored. Rather it seemed to be related to the stability of the pond's algal population, which was largely unaccounted for. Recommendations toward improving water quality are proposed.
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| Format: | monograph biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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Department of National Parks and Wild Life Management
1987-05
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| Subjects: | Aquaculture, Ecology, Environment, Zimbabwe, Lake Kariba, Macrobrachium rosenbergii, giant river prawn, pond culture, water quality, |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/24960 |
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