The impact of agricultural drains on water quality and Phyto- zooplankton communities in fish farms, Egypt.
Saad, A., Abd El-Gawad, A., Ali, N., Bassuny, N. (2013). The impact of agricultural drains on water quality and Phyto- zooplankton communities in fish farms, Egypt.. EKB Journal Management System, 17(3), 47-56. doi: 10.21608/ejabf.2013.2176
Abd El-Halim Saad; Ahmed Abd El-Gawad; Niema Ali; Nadia Bassuny. "The impact of agricultural drains on water quality and Phyto- zooplankton communities in fish farms, Egypt.". EKB Journal Management System, 17, 3, 2013, 47-56. doi: 10.21608/ejabf.2013.2176
Saad, A., Abd El-Gawad, A., Ali, N., Bassuny, N. (2013). 'The impact of agricultural drains on water quality and Phyto- zooplankton communities in fish farms, Egypt.', EKB Journal Management System, 17(3), pp. 47-56. doi: 10.21608/ejabf.2013.2176
Saad, A., Abd El-Gawad, A., Ali, N., Bassuny, N. The impact of agricultural drains on water quality and Phyto- zooplankton communities in fish farms, Egypt.. EKB Journal Management System, 2013; 17(3): 47-56. doi: 10.21608/ejabf.2013.2176

The impact of agricultural drains on water quality and Phyto- zooplankton communities in fish farms, Egypt.

Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries
Article 5, Volume 17, Issue 3, July 2013, Page 47-56  XML PDF (225.21 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/ejabf.2013.2176
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Authors
Abd El-Halim Saad1; Ahmed Abd El-Gawad2; Niema Ali2; Nadia Bassuny3
1Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Egypt.
2Central Lab for Aquaculture Research, Agricultural Research Center
3Labor University , Kafr El-Sheikh, Egypt.
Abstract
This study was carried out on two fish farms in Kafr El-Sheikh and Sharkia governorates during 2011. The water supply sources of these farms were El-Gharbia and El-Wady drains respectively. The mean values of physico-chemical parameters of water in El-khashaa and Abbassa fish farms were: water temperature (24.66 and 24.95 oC); pH (9.23 and 8.67); transparency (12.12 and 15.24 cm); DO (5.36 and 6.3 mg/l ); total alkalinity (330.9 and 340.3 mg/l) and total hardness (689.5 and 260.0 mg/l), respectively. The major nutrient concentrations (N & P) at the main feeder
were much higher than the corresponding values at fish farms. Nitrogen concentrations analysis indicated the highest values of NH3-N over NO3-N in the selected fish ponds (1.94 and 1.22 mg/l respectively). Phytoplankton in the present
study were represented by four groups; Chlorophyceae, Cyanophyceae,Bacillariophyceae and Euglenophyceae, where Chlorophyceae dominated other groups. Zooplankton were represented by four groups; Rotifera, Copepoda, Ostracoda
and Cladocera. Rotifera and Cladocera were the dominant groups. Results indicated that the drainage water affects physical, chemical and biological characteristics of fish farms
Keywords
El-Gharbia drain; El-Wady drain; phytoplankton; Zooplankton; fish farms physical and chemical parameters
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