Ponds are a primary production system to a wide variety of freshwater fish species. Each species have specific and unique nutrient needs and successful pond fertilization is critical to a successful aquaculture enterprise. Aquaculture Pond Fertilization: Impacts of Nutrient Input on Production provides state-of-the-art information for successful fertilization strategies for a broad range of pond-raised species. Aquaculture Pond Fertilization attempts to rectify the seemingly contradictory nutrient recommendations by clearly defining the goals of specific types of aquaculture. Chapters are divided into three sections: The first reviews basic concepts in fertilization applicable to all pond-based production. The second looks at specific nutrient management approaches. The third and final section of chapters looks specifically at key freshwater pond species ranging from tilapia to perch and discusses specific fertilization needs for the successful rearing of these in-demand fish. Looking across species with chapters contributed by leaders in the field Aquaculture Pond Fertilization provides succinct single-volume coverage of an oft-neglected, but vitally important topic in aquaculture production.

Ponds are a primary production system to a wide variety offreshwater fish species. Each species have specific and uniquenutrient needs and successful pond fertilization is critical to asuccessful aquaculture enterprise. Aquaculture PondFertilization: Impacts of Nutrient Input on Production providesstate-of-the-art information for successful fertilizationstrategies for a broad range of pond-raised species.Aquaculture Pond Fertilization attempts to rectify theseemingly contradictory nutrient recommendations by clearlydefining the goals of specific types of aquaculture. Chapters aredivided into three sections: The first reviews basic concepts infertilization applicable to all pond-based production. The secondlooks at specific nutrient management approaches. The third andfinal section of chapters looks specifically at key freshwater pondspecies ranging from tilapia to perch and discusses specificfertilization needs for the successful rearing of these in-demandfish.Looking across species with chapters contributed by leaders inthe field Aquaculture Pond Fertilization provides succinctsingle-volume coverage of an oft-neglected, but vitally importanttopic in aquaculture production.

Contributors viiPreface ixSection 1: General Fertilization Concepts 1Chapter 1 Nutrient Cycling 3Claude E. BoydChapter 2 Pond Ecology 23Ana MilsteinChapter 3 Organic and Inorganic Fertilization 33Richard W. SoderbergChapter 4 Water Quality and Pond Fertilization 47Claude E. BoydChapter 5 Environmental Issues in Pond Fertilization 65Claude E. Boyd and Li LiChapter 6 Controlling Plant Pests before Fertilization 73Jimmy L. AverySection 2: Management Approaches to Pond Fertilization 93Chapter 7 Management Strategy 1: Manipulation of Pond Nutrient Ratios 95Jian G. QinChapter 8 Management Strategy 2: The Algal Bioassay Fertilization Strategy--An Ecological Approach for Efficient Pond Fertilization 111Christopher F. Knud-HansenChapter 9 Management Strategy 3: Fixed-Rate Fertilizer Applications 129Charles C. MischkeSection 3: Common Fertilization Practices Currently Used for Production of Selected Species under Various Culture Conditions 135Chapter 10 Channel Catfish Pond Fertilization 137Charles C. MischkeChapter 11 Walleye and Yellow Perch Pond Fertilization 147Christopher F. Hartleb, J. Alan Johnson, and James A. HeldChapter 12 Some Principles of Pond Fertilization for Nile Tilapia Using Organic and Inorganic Inputs 163James S. DianaChapter 13 Fertilizing Sunshine Bass Production Ponds 179Gerald M. LudwigChapter 14 Challenges to the Intensification of Largemouth Bass Culture 197Shawn D. Coyle, Gerald Kurten, Steve Marple, and James H. TidwellChapter 15 Baitfish Pond Fertilization 217Nathan StoneChapter 16 Carp Pond Fertilization 235Debajyoti Chakrabarty and Sanjib Kumar DasChapter 17 Sportfish Pond Fertilization 245J. Wesley Neal and Robert KrögerChapter 18 Fertilization of Marine Finfish Nursery Ponds for Aquaculture Production 259Charles R. Weirich and Jesse A. ChappellIndex 277