Evaluation of polyculture of Indian major carps in periphyton-based ponds

• Main Authors: Azim, M. Ekram, Verdegem, Marc C.J., Rahman, Mohammad Mustafizur, Wahab, Md Abdul, Van Dam, Anne A., Beveridge, Malcolm C. M
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V. 2002
• Subjects: SH Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/13903/1/Evaluation-calbasu_periphyton.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/13903/; http://www.elsevier.com/locate/aqua-online

Production of three Indian major carps, catla Catla catla, rohu Labeo rohita and kalbaush L. calbasu, in a periphyton-based polyculture system was compared. Bamboo poles, approximating a submerged surface area equal to the total pond surface area, were used as substrates for periphyton and were pla...