
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Culver, DA 
A1  - Geddes, MC 
T1  - Limnology of rearing ponds for Australian fish larvae: Relationships among water quality, phytoplankton, zooplankton, and the growth of larval fish
JF  - Marine and Freshwater Research
JO  - Mar. Freshwater Res.
Y1  - 1993
VL  - 44
IS  - 4
SP  - 537
EP  - 551
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/MF9930537 
N2  - Fertilization of earthen ponds used to rear the larvae of golden perch, Macquaria ambigua, and  silver perch, Bidyanus bidyanus, resulted in phytoplankton blooms dominated by the cyanobacterium  Anabaena possibly because of a low N:P ratio. There was a zooplankton succession of rotifers  (mostly Brachionus), Moina, Boeckella and Mesocyclops, and then Daphnia. An increase in Daphnia  correlated with a decline in Anabaena, suggesting grazing on that cyanobacterium. Golden perch  larvae included copepods in their diet whereas silver perch did not, and this was reflected in lower  Boeckella numbers in the golden perch ponds. There was sufficient zooplankton forage, supplemented  by chironomid larvae in the later stages of the rearing ponds, for fish growth. The limnological conditions  and zooplankton communities in these ponds provide a model for evaluating nursery grounds for these fish. 
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