{"title":"Ponds","authors":"P. Lemmens, Tom Pinceel","doi":"10.1002/9781119489047.ch19","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119489047.ch19","url":null,"abstract":"SUMMARY he present study investigated the effect of rearing the meagre, Argyrosomus regius in brackish-water pond aquaculture without using supplementary feeding in the Mediterranean area near Damietta City during June, 2017 to June, 2018, Fingerlings of mean length 13.0cm and 40.0 g weight were stocked in brackish-water pond measuring 1 feddan and 1.25 m deep at a rate of 4000 fish/ feddan in a monoculture system on natural occurring prey (natural spawned tilapia) and small shrimp. Temperature varied from 21.0 – 30.8°C; pH, 7.4– 8.9; Dissolved Oxygen (DO), 4.0 – 5.0 mg /L and salinity, 16.0 – 18.8 ppt during the study. Meagre, attained average final length 40 cm/ fish and average final weight 1500g / fish at harvest with an increment of 1460.0g/ fish and a daily gain of 4.0g/ fish. Average survival rate was 80% and net production was 4640.0kg/ feddan. The resultsrevealed that the cost of feeds accounted for the largest proportion (68.55%) of the total cost of fish production,then fingerlings (8.56%), rent (3.35%) and labor (12.60%). This is followed by cost of fixed input and variable coast (12%). This experiment demonstrated the possibility of cultivation of A. regius as well as the higher commercial value where better net return (54.48 LE /feddan) was recorded with investment return of 23.33 LE / return LE cost. The results of the study indicated meagre as a promising candidate for the brackish water pond aquaculture.","PeriodicalId":196271,"journal":{"name":"Encyclopedia of the World's Biomes","volume":"61 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121444507","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Glaciers and Ice Sheets","authors":"C. DeBeer, M. Sharp, C. Schuster-Wallace","doi":"10.1016/b978-0-12-409548-9.12441-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-409548-9.12441-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":196271,"journal":{"name":"Encyclopedia of the World's Biomes","volume":"71 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126342974","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Seagrass Biome","authors":"Dinusha R.M. Jayathilake, M. J. Costello","doi":"10.1016/b978-0-12-409548-9.11748-8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-409548-9.11748-8","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":196271,"journal":{"name":"Encyclopedia of the World's Biomes","volume":"81 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115016629","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Ephemeral Wetlands","authors":"U. Deil","doi":"10.1016/b978-0-12-409548-9.11914-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-409548-9.11914-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":196271,"journal":{"name":"Encyclopedia of the World's Biomes","volume":"209 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116300281","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Biogeography and Chemical Risks on Islands","authors":"Lisa Ito, Toru Yamaguchi, A. Tokai, Y. Takahashi","doi":"10.1016/b978-0-12-409548-9.12403-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-409548-9.12403-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":196271,"journal":{"name":"Encyclopedia of the World's Biomes","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130866387","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Antarctic Marine Mammals","authors":"M. Bester","doi":"10.1016/B978-0-12-409548-9.11938-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-409548-9.11938-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":196271,"journal":{"name":"Encyclopedia of the World's Biomes","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129558740","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"California Oak Savannas and Grasslands","authors":"C. Tyler, Karen A. Stahlheber","doi":"10.1016/b978-0-12-409548-9.11959-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-409548-9.11959-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":196271,"journal":{"name":"Encyclopedia of the World's Biomes","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116546091","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Social Media, Sustainability and Organizations","authors":"Anne H. Reilly","doi":"10.1016/b978-0-12-409548-9.11972-4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-409548-9.11972-4","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":196271,"journal":{"name":"Encyclopedia of the World's Biomes","volume":"35 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130392156","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Soundscape Ecology","authors":"R. Happel, R. Happel","doi":"10.1016/b978-0-12-409548-9.12008-1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-409548-9.12008-1","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":196271,"journal":{"name":"Encyclopedia of the World's Biomes","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123090029","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Human Appropriation of Net Primary Production","authors":"C. B. Andersen, J. Quinn","doi":"10.1016/b978-0-12-409548-9.12434-0","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-409548-9.12434-0","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":196271,"journal":{"name":"Encyclopedia of the World's Biomes","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129751080","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}