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RECORD NUMBER: 66 OF 114Main Title | Management of artificial lakes and ponds. | |||||||||||
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Author | Bennett, George W. | |||||||||||
Publisher | Reinhold Pub. Corp., | |||||||||||
Year Published | 1962 | |||||||||||
OCLC Number | 00562360 | |||||||||||
Subjects | Fishery management ; Fish culture ; Fish ponds ; Visteelt | |||||||||||
Additional Subjects | Fishery management ; Fish-culture ; Fish ponds | |||||||||||
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Collation | 283 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. | |||||||||||
Notes | Rev. ed. published as: Management of lakes and ponds. 2nd ed. 1971. |
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Contents Notes | 1. History of fish management: early pond-fish culture -- The development of hatcheries -- Early attempts at management -- The importance of studying total populations -- Pond management -- Reservoir management -- What is in the future -- 2. Artificial aquatic habitats: the farm pond -- When is a pond a lake? -- Artificial lakes for domestic uses -- Navigation pools -- Lateral levee reservoirs -- Multi-purpose reservoirs -- Ponds and lakes with excavated basins -- Lakes built for recreation -- Planning an artificial lake or pond -- Thermal stratification and loss of oxygen -- Thermal stratification and reservoir outlets -- Other factors affecting thermal stratification -- Biological productivity of water -- Lake size and productivity -- 3. Interrelationships of fishes and lake habitats: sewage pollution and fertility -- PH and chemistry of water -- Effects of water temeprature on fish -- Effects of turbidity -- Oxygen and carbon dioxide -- Winterkill and summerkill -- Other dangers of impoundments -- 4. Carrying capacity, productivity, and growth: carrying capacity and standing crop -- Fish production -- Relative plumpness of fish -- Growth -- 5. Reproduction, competition, and predation: reproduction -- Stocking -- Predation -- Competition -- Reproduction, competition, and predation -- Balance -- 6. Theories and techniques of management: fish sampling -- Management techniques -- Fish population adjustment -- Partial poisoning -- Aquatic vegetation and control measures -- 7. Fishing and natural mortality: population estimation -- Forces acting upon a fish population -- Fishing mortality -- Natural mortality -- 8. Fish behavior and aging: vision -- Hearing -- Odor perception and taste -- Temperature perception and responses -- Behavior patterns -- 9. Commercial aspects of sport fishing: interest in angling -- Fishing for sale. |