Liquid Ammonium Polyphosphate as a Fish Pond Fertilizer
- 1 September 1980
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Transactions of the American Fisheries Society
- Vol. 109 (5) , 563-570
- https://doi.org/10.1577/1548-8659(1980)109<563:lapaaf>2.0.co;2
Abstract
Sunfish ponds were fertilized 11 times during the growing season with liquid ammonium polyphosphate (N-P2O5-K2O:13-38-O) at 5.6, 11.2, or 22.4 kg/ha per application. Net production of sunfish averaged 310, 315 and 418 kg/h are in the low, medium and high treatments, respectively. Net production of sunfish in the high treatment differed from net sunfish production of the other treatments (P < 0.1). That 5.6 kg/ha per application of liquid ammonium polyphosphate (13-38-0) is suitable fertilization for woodland ponds with low fo moderate fishing. A rate of 22.4 kg/ha per application is adequate in woodland ponds with heavy fishing. Uniform surface application was the most effective technique of applying liquid ammonium polyphosphate. Liquid ammonium polyphosphate fertilization would generally be cheaper than fertilization with conventional granular fertilizers.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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