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

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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

DOI

10.21608/ejabf.2013.2176

Keywords

El-Gharbia drain, El-Wady drain, phytoplankton, Zooplankton, fish farms physical and chemical parameters

Authors

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Abd El-Halim

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Saad

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Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Egypt.

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Ahmed

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Abd El-Gawad

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Central Lab for Aquaculture Research, Agricultural Research Center

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Niema

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Ali

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Central Lab for Aquaculture Research, Agricultural Research Center

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Nadia

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Bassuny

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Labor University , Kafr El-Sheikh, Egypt.

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Volume

17

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3

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444

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2013-07-01

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2017-04-04

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2013-07-01

Page Start

47

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56

Print ISSN

1110-6131

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2536-9814

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Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries

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

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22 Jan 2023