TEMPORAL PLANKTON COMMUNITY STRUCTURE (PCSM) FOR AQUACULTURE PLANNING IN UNMANAGED PONDS
104 / 3
Authors
-
K. ROY
Abstract
The study deals with development of a tool called PCSM, which can aid region specific, eco-based and climate change resilient aquaculture planning in unmanaged ponds. Based on the monthly distribution of phytoplankton and zooplankton groups, temporal variations in the annual plankton community structure were mapped for urban and rural ponds of Raipur, Chhattisgarh. The maps were created in SigmaPlot v11.0. The maps consisted of multiple spline curves with 5% scientific padding. The applicability of PCSM includes: timing the release of fish seeds just before the burst phase of the preferred plankton groups; implementation of fertilization programme as the burst phase starts to drop for sustaining preferred plankton groups for longer duration; and harvesting during the lag phases. The limitations of PCSM includes: applicable to small closed water bodies like ponds where plankton dynamics is predictable; region specific; and it is more applicable in the planning of 'modified-extensive aquaculture' which depends exclusively on plankton. Observations and recommendations based on PCSM are discussed in this paper for ponds of the region.
Key words: PCSM, aquaculture planning, modified extensive aquaculture, unmanaged ponds, Chhattisgarh
References
Adhikari, S. 2003. Fertilization, soil and water quality management in small-scale ponds, Aqua-asia magazine, Oct-2003 : 1-8.
APHA. 1998. Standard methods for examination of water and waste water. 20th Ed. American Public Health Association, AWWA, WPCA, Washington, D.C., U.S.A. 1193.
Battish, S. K. 1992. Freshwater zooplankton of India. Oxford and IBK Publishing Co. New Delhi.
Bellinger, E. G. 1992. A key to common Algae. The institute of water and environmental management, London.
Bhatnagar, A. and Devi, P. 2013. Water quality guidelines for the management of pond fish culture. International Journal of Environmental Sciences, 3 (6) : 1980-1997.
Danodia, A. 2013. Global warming and regional climate change impact on water resources and agriculture in CG state. M.Sc (Agrometeorology) Thesis, IGKV, Raipur. Dhanapathi, M. V. S. S. S. 2000. Taxonomic notes on the rotifers from India (from 1889-2000). Indian Association of Aquatic Biologists (IAAB), Hyderabad.
Gajbhiye, S. N. and Desai, B. N. 1981. Zooplankton variability in polluted and unpolluted waters of Bombay - Mahasagar. Bulletin of National Institute of Oceanography, 4: 173-182.
Gomez, K. A. and Gomez, A. A. 1984. Statistical procedures for agricultural research, 2nd edn. Wiley-Inter Science, New York. 680.
Gupta, T. and Dey, M. 2012. Hydrobiological Characteristics of Some Semi-intensive fish culture ponds of Lumding town of Nagaon district, Assam. Current World Environment, 8 (1) : 30-39.
Hora, S. L. and Pillay, T. V. R. 1962. Handbook on fish culture in Indo-Pacific region. FAO Fish Technical Paper., 14 : 204.
Hossain., M. Y., Jasmine, S., Ibrahim, A. H. M., Ahmed, Z. F., Ohtomi, J., Fulanda, B. et al. 2007. A preliminary observation on water quality and plankton of an earthern fish pond in Bangladesh: recommendation for future studies. Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences, 10(6): 868-873.
ICAR. 2011. Handbook of fisheries & aquaculture, ICAR publ., New Delhi.
Kalff, J. 2002. Limnology: Inland water ecosystems, Prentice Hall publications. New Jersey, USA.
Kane, J 1993. Variability of zooplankton biomass and dominant species abundance of Georges bank 1997- 1986. Fisheries Bulletin, 3 : 464-474.
Lund, J. W. G. 1965. The ecology of freshwater phytoplankton. Biological Reviews, 40 : 231-293.
Needham, J. G. and Needham P. R. 1962. A guide to the study of freshwater biology. Holden Day San francisco costable & Co. Ltd. London.
Patrick, F. 1948. Factors affecting the distribution of diatoms. Botanical Records, 14 : 473-524.
Plafkin, J. L., Barber, M. T., Poter, K. D., Gross, S. K. and Highes, R. M. 1989. Rapid bioassessment protocol for use in streams and rivers for benthic macro invertebrates and fish. EPA/444/4-89/001. Office of water regulation and standards. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washingaton DC, USA.
Roy, K. 2014. Sediment fertility based management of aquaculture in urban and rural ponds of Chhattisgarh. J. Inland Fish.Soc. India, 46 (1) : 69-75.
Sarkar, T. 2010. Phytoplankton and Periphyton diversity in four ponds or minor reservoirs in Raipur city, Chhattisgarh. M.F.Sc. (Inland Fisheries) Thesis, IGKV, Raipur.
Vuuren, J. V. S., Taylor, J., Gerber, A. and Ginkel, C. V. 2006. Easy identification of the most common freshwater algae. A guide for the identification of microscopic algae in South African freshwaters. North-West University and Department of Water Affairs and Forestry, South
Africa, 17-192.
Zafar, A.R. 1964. Studies on the ecology of algae in certain fish pond of Hyderabad, India and Distribution of unicellular and colonial forms. Hydrobiology, 24 : 556-566.
Downloads
Submitted
Published
Issue
Section
License
In case of publication of the article in the journal, author(s) are required to assign copyright to the Journal of the Inland Fisheries Society of India for its publication in any form/language including all media (print and electronic, or presently unknown), and exclusive right to use the matter for the life of the work (no time restriction on re use of matter).