Chapter 13 Curriculum
Module 13 Course Notes
Introduction to Aquaculture
Aquaculture
The Case for Aquaculture
Pond Polycultures
Some Factors Affecting Total Useful Yields
Stocking Rates
Edges, Interfaces and Gradients in Water
Energy Considerations
Water Quality
Fish Refuges
Cone Aerator
Oxygenated Pond
Acidity- Alkalinity
Mud, Silt, Humus and Waste Removal
Jet Pumps
Yields: Fertilizer
Devices to Bring Manure to Ponds
Shelter and Refuges
Yields: Temperatures
Yields: Salinity
Yields: Flow
Choice in Fish Species and Factors in Yield
Rapid Uptake of Nutrients
Water Quality
Culling of Excess Small Stock
Utilisation of Different Foods
The Controlling of Breeding in Fish Ponds
Fish Losses From Other Causes
Yield: Stocking
Fish Pond Configurations and Food Supply: Pond Construction
Pond Walls
Fish Pond Configurations and Food Supply: Orders of Depth
Factors in Layout
Ponds in Series and Flow
Consecutive Series in Open Drains
Fish Pond Configurations and Food Supply; Annidations
Downstream and Upstream Traps
Ponds as Part of the Landscape Mosaic
Some Common Structures in Pond Landscapes
Pond Construction for Edge Effect
75-Square-Metre Ponds
Four Ponds of the Same Area
Separate but Interconnected Ponds
One Pond with Complex Screens
The Climatic Orientation of Ponds
Oxygen Less Important Than Heating
Cold Winter Winds and Oxygen in Summer
Hot Most Seasons
Variable Climate on Streams
The Furniture of Ponds and Marshes
Breeding Substrate
Some uses of Rafts
Screens and Boards
Fish Pond Configurations and Food Supply: Cage Culture
Cage Culture or Cages to Hatch Eggs
Farming Invertebrates for Fish Food
Termite Breeder
Farming Invertebrates for Fish Food: Fodder Pond Sequences
Level of Pollutants in Ponds
Channel, Canal and Chinampa
Chinampas
Yields Outside the Pond
Schematic of Integrated Pond System
Wetland Margins and Environment
Bringing in the Harvest
Traditional and New Water Polyculture
Traditional and New Water Polyculture: Wild Rice
Wild Rice Culture
Traditional and New Water Polyculture: Taro Culture
Taro Terraces
Modifications to Taro Fields
Trompe
Knowledge Check
Practical Activity