Corbicula as a Biological Filter and Polyculture Organism in Catfish Rearing Ponds
- 1 April 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Progressive Fish-Culturist
- Vol. 48 (2) , 136-139
- https://doi.org/10.1577/1548-8640(1986)48<136:caabfa>2.0.co;2
Abstract
Corbicula fluminea, an introduced Asian clam, was stocked with channel catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) in Illinois culture ponds. Survival of the stocked clams was 36-79% over summer, but reproduction was poor and the populations declined. Nevertheless, ponds with Corbicula had less dissolved oxygen depletion, lower turbidity, and greater primary production than ponds without the clam. Growth of channel catfish was unaffected by the presence or absence of clams. Corbicula fluminea has potential value as a polyculture organism and as a biological filter where water temperatures do not exceed 30°C.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
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