Mar 21 2014
Credit: Olfat Anwar (Egypt) The photos show the sampling of plankton in Lake Nasser using plankton nets equipped with flow meters (shown in the middle). The flow-meter measures the quantity of water filtered through the plankton net and hence enables relating the results to units of water. There are two types of plankton nets based …
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Jan 04 2014
The video is a part of a training program demonstrating the analysis of zooplankton in a fish pond. As shown in the video, a plankton net is used in the sampling procedures. The mesh size of the net determines the size range of the plankton trapped. A-80μm net will retain small zooplankton such as rotifers …
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Sep 19 2012
Credit: Glenda Vélez Calabria (Colombia) As shown in the photo, artisan lamps are used at night in order to keep the zooplankton on the surface, thereby taking advantage of the productivity of the medium while using less artificial feed during the first and second phase grow-out of red tilapia. Note: We decided not to watermark the photos …
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Dec 10 2011
Credit: Fidele Kampayana (Rwanda) These photos belong to a private farm in Rwanda where integrated system is being applied between rabbits and mix-sex Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus). The minimum pond size is about 500m2. Fish are stocked at a rate of 2 fingerlings per m2. In this particular pond, tilapia of 5-g average size has …
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Nov 21 2011
Credit: Glenda Vélez Calabria (Colombia) Se emplean lámparas artesanales por las noches con el objetivo de mantener el zooplancton en la superficie para aprovechar de esta manera la productividad del medio y usar menos cantidad de alimento concentrado durante las etapas de precría y engorde de tilapia roja. Note: We decided not to watermark the …
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