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Journal: Crop Protection
Molluscicidal activity of tobacco dust against brackishwater pond snails (Cerithidea cingulata Gmelin)
(Elsevier, 1998)
Toxicity tests on the effect of tobacco dust against brackishwater pond snails (Cerithidea cingulata Gmelin) of various stages or size ranges were conducted under controlled laboratory conditions. The 72-h LC<sub>50</sub> ...
Journal: Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology
Significant organotin contamination of sediment and tissues of milkfish in brackish water ponds.
(Springer Verlag, 1999)
Organotin pesticides, triphenyltin acetate or hydroxide have long been used as an inexpensive method to control the population of brackish water shails Cerithidea cingulata in the pond culture of milkfish (Chanos chanos ...
Journal: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
Mangroves as nurseries: Shrimp populations in mangrove and non-mangrove habitats
(Elsevier, 1998)
A total of 4845 penaeids belonging to nine species—Metapenaeus anchistus, M. ensis, M. moyebi, M. philippinensis, Penaeus merguiensis, P. monodon, P. semisulcatus, P. latisulcatus and Metapenaeopsis palmensis—were collected ...
Journal: The Israeli Journal of Aquaculture-Bamidgeh
Plasma osmolality and chloride regulation in the sea bass Lates calcarifer
(Society of Israeli Aquaculture and Marine Biotechnology, 1996)
Seawater-adapted sea bass (Lates calcarifer) subadults and fingerlings were abruptly transferred to fresh water and freshwater-adapted subadults and fingerlings to sea water. To follow the responses of plasma osmolality ...
Journal: Aquaculture Engineering
Multi-species fish hatchery
(Society of Aquaculture Engineers of the Philippines, Inc., 1994)
Due to the unpredictable market demand and market value of penaeid shrimp, the shrimp hatchery which is an industry in itself suffered heavy losses. Shrimp hatchery operators are now interested in marine finfish culture. ...
Journal: Aquaculture Research
Socio-economic impacts of shrimp culture
Primavera, Jurgenne 
(Blackwell Publishing, 1997)
(Blackwell Publishing, 1997)
Farmed shrimp contributed 27% of total world shrimp production in 1995 with a volume of 712 000 tonnes. Undoubtedly, the shrimp culture industry earns valuable foreign exchange for developing countries and generates jobs ...
Journal: Asian Fisheries Science
Economic feasibility of polyculture of tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon) with Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) in brackishwater ponds
(Asian Fisheries Society, 1991)
The polyculture of tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon) with milkfish (Chanos chanos) has been practiced in the Philippines, bit little is known about the possible polyculture of the shrimp with the tilapias in spite of increasing ...
Journal: BIOTROP Special Publication
Acute toxicity of mercury to Oreochromis niloticus fingerlings
(SEAMEO BIOTROP, 1991)
Fingerlings of Oreochromis niloticus were exposed to the following mercury (as HgCl<sub>2</sub>) concentrations: 0.005, 0.01, 0.02, 0.03, 0.04, 0.05 and 0.06 mg l<sup>-1</sup> Hg of water. Hyperactivity and erratic swimming ...
Journal: Environmental Biology of Fishes
Systematics, distribution, genetics and life history of milkfish, Chanos chanos
Bagarinao, Teodora (Springer Verlag, 1994)
(Springer Verlag, 1994)
Chanos chanos belongs to a monotypic gonorynchiform family and is most closely related to the freshwater Ostariophysi. The earliest gonorynchiforms occurred in the Cretaceous of Brazil and west Africa. Chanos occurred in ...
Journal: Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology
Fish predation on mangrove-associated penaeids: The role of structures and substrate
(Elsevier, 1997)
The effect of habitat structure and substratum on predation of the greasyback shrimp Metapenaeus ensis (De Haan), white shrimp Penaeus merguiensis De Man and tiger shrimp Penaeus monodon Fabricius by sea bass Lates calcarifer ...