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Fish farm and water quality management/Piscicultura e manejo da qualidade da agua

Fish farms' water quality management is analyzed with regard to the management employed and the different trophic states are compared within the system during the dry and rainy seasons. Six sites were marked two in the water supply (P1 and P2), and four within the fish farm (P3 to P6). Whereas...

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Published in:Acta scientiarum. Biological sciences 2013-01, Vol.35 (1), p.21
Main Authors: Tavares, Lucia Helena Sipauba, Santeiro, Rachel Magalhaes
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
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Summary:Fish farms' water quality management is analyzed with regard to the management employed and the different trophic states are compared within the system during the dry and rainy seasons. Six sites were marked two in the water supply (P1 and P2), and four within the fish farm (P3 to P6). Whereas sites P1 and P2 (water supply) were characterized as oligotrophic, the others were mesotrophic and eutrotrophic sites. Environmental variables, mainly nutrients, conductivity, COD, BOD5 and TSS tended to increase as from P3 due to management and fertilization. Greater impact has been registered in the fish farm under analysis for variables COD, ammonia, total phosphorus and TSS during the discharge and pond emptying period. Frequent monitoring of water quality should be undertaken in fish breeding and plankton production ponds, especially in those close to P3 and P4. Removal of sediment in decantation lake or P5 is also recommended to decrease nutrient concentrations, especially phosphorus, accumulated on the bottom soil. Keywords: physical-chemical variables, trophic index, dry and rainy seasons. Este estudo objetivou avaliar a qualidade da agua em uma piscicultura em funcao do manejo adotado e comparar os diferentes graus de trofia dentro deste sistema nas estacoes de seca e chuva. Seis pontos foram delimitados sendo dois na agua de abastecimento (P1 e P2) e quatro dentro da piscicultura (P3 ao P6). Os pontos P1 e P2 foram caracterizados como oligotroficos e os demais como mesotroficos e eutroficos. Houve tendencia das variaveis ambientais principalmente, nutrientes, condutividade, DQO, DBO5 e STS aumentarem a partir do P3 em funcao do efeito do manejo e fertilizacao. As variaveis DQO, amonia, fosforo e STS foram de grande impacto dentro da piscicultura estudada, principalmente, no periodo de descarga e esvaziamento dos viveiros e tanques. Frequente monitoramento da qualidade da agua deve ser realizado nos viveiros de criacao de peixes e nos tanques de producao de plancton, especialmente naqueles proximos aos pontos P3 e P4. Outra recomendacao a ser adotada e a remocao do sedimento na lagoa de decantacao (P5) devido ao grande acumulo de fosforo neste local. Palavras-chave: variaveis fisico-quimicas, indice trofico, estacao de seca e chuva.
ISSN:1679-9283
DOI:10.4025/actascibiolsci.v35i1.10086