Phosphorus Enrichment of Drainage Waters from Farm Lands
- 1 June 1959
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Canadian Science Publishing in Journal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada
- Vol. 16 (6) , 887-895
- https://doi.org/10.1139/f59-062
Abstract
Excellent production of brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) and drainage from a stabilized agricultural area are associated in the streams and ponds of Prince Edward Island. Determinations of phosphorus content of Ellerslie Brook, P.E.I., showed major contributions from commercial fertilizers applied to cultivated land. The inference appears valid that commercial land fertilizers are an important factor in maintaining high trout production, and may enhance oyster production in shallow saltwater inlets at the mouths of the streams.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
- The Chemical Composition of Sea Water in the Vicinity of the Atlantic Provinces of CanadaJournal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada, 1959
- Movements of Brook Trout, Salvelinus fontinalis (Mitchill), Between and Within Fresh and Salt WaterJournal of the Fisheries Research Board of Canada, 1958