Pond Fertilization And Fish Feeds

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Phytoplankton is the base of the pond food chain. Fertilization increases fish production by increasing the amount of microscopic green plants (phytoplankton) in the water. Proper fertilization and liming can increase three to four times the pounds of fish a pond will support. Unfertilized ponds stocked with bream, bass and catfish usually have about 100 pounds of fish per surface acre. Ponds receiving adequate amounts of fertilizer typically contain 300 to 400 pounds of fish per surface acre. A fertilization schedule can dramatically improve fish production in ponds by up to 300 percent, and can also decrease aquatic weed problems by shading the pond bottom, so that aquatic weeds do not have an opportunity to grow. In undrainable ponds where the frequent change of water is a remote possibility, the physico-chemical properties of pond water governing the biological production cycle are more or less a reflection of the bottom soil. The organic and mineral constituents of the soil play their part in releasing the required nutrients into water for pond productivity through chemical/ biological processes.
This book will be very much helpful to the students, professionals and policy makers associated with Pond Fertilization and Fish Feeds.