Assessment of water quality of fish pond in the north of Iran (Case study: Rasht city)
Subject Areas : Breeding and Aquaculture Sciences JournalSoheila Rezaeitabar 1 , Abbas Esmaeil Sari 2 , Nader Bahramifar 3 , Zohreh Ramzanpour 4
1 - Ph.D. Candidate in Environmental Pollution, Faculty of Natural Resources and Marine Science, Noor , Mazandaran, Iran
2 - Natural Resources and Marine Science, Tarbiat Modares University, Noor, Mazandaran
3 - Natural Resources and Marine Science, Tarbiat Modares University, Noor, Mazandaran
4 - International sturgeon research Institute, Guilan, Iran
Keywords: Fish pond. Physicochemical and biological parameters. Fish condition factor. Phytoplankton,
Abstract :
In this study, in order to assess qualitatively the status fish ponds, three fish ponds in northern Iran were investigated. Water and fish samples were collected in the mid-June, August and October, 2014. Some parameters (temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, electrical conductivity, transparency (SD), nitrate and phosphate) were measured on the sites while the others (Chlorophyll-a, Fe, Zn, total weight, total length, K and phytoplankton identification) were estimated at the laboratory using standard methods and procedures. The principal component analysis (PCA) and One-Way ANOVA were conducted to statistical analysis. The result showed that, during the study period, in the three fish ponds, the phytoplankton population was dominated by Bacillariophyceae (25%) followed by Chlorophyceae (23%) and Cyanophyceae (22%). Among Cyanophyceae, Chroococcus (35%) and Merismopedia (25%) were dominant. The results obtained from PCA indicated, the first three axes explain more than of 80 % of the total variance. The first axes (PC1) include EC, Chl-a, pH and SD. Also, significant differences were observed in temperature, DO, No3, Chl-a concentration, total weight and total length over the period of three months (p < 0.05). The observations in this study suggest that based on the determined desirable limits for water quality in fish ponds, and based on obtained results from the fish biometry and K, generally, studied ponds are suitable for fish farming and can supply optimum and healthy production.
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Alabaster, J. S., & Lloyd, R. S., (2013). Water quality criteria for freshwater fish.
2.APHA (1999). Standard methods for the examination of waste water, 20th Edn. American Public Health Association.
3.Bellinger, E. G., & Sigee, D. C., (2015). Freshwater algae: identification and use as bioindicators. John Wiley & Sons.
4. Bhatnagar, A., & Devi, P., (2013). Water quality guidelines for the management of pond fish culture. International Journal of Environmental Sciences. 3(6), 1980–2009.
5. Bhatnagar, A., & Garg, S. K., (2000). Causative factors of fish mortality in still water fish ponds under subtropical conditions. Aquaculture. 1(2), 91–96.
6. Bhatnagar, A., Jana, S. N., Garg, S. K., Patra, B. C., Singh, G., & Barman, U. K., (2004). Water quality management in aquaculture. Course Manual of Summerschool on Development of Sustainable Aquaculture Technology in Fresh and Saline Waters, CCS Haryana Agricultural, Hisar (India), 203–210.
7. Bolger, T., & Connolly, P. L., (1989). The selection of suitable indices for the measurement and analysis of fish condition. Journal of Fish Biology, 34(2), 171–182.
8. Boyd, C. E., (1990). Water quality in ponds for aquaculture. Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Auburn university. Birmingham Publishing.
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11. Brönmark C E.(1990). Water quality in ponds for aquaculture.; Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Auburn university.
12. Cook, C. M., Vardaka, E., & Lanaras, T. (2004). Toxic Cyanobacteria in Greek Freshwaters, 1987—2000: Occurrence, Toxicity, and Impacts in the Mediterranean Region. Acta Hydrochimica et Hydrobiologica, 32(2), 107-124.
13. Davies, O. A., & Ansa, E. (2010). Comparative assessment of water quality parameters of fresh water tidal earthen ponds and stagnant concrete tanks for fish production in Port Harcourt, Nigeria. International Journal of Science and Nature, 1(1), 34–37.
14. Deblois, C. P., Aranda-Rodriguez, R., Giani, A., & Bird, D. F. (2008). Microcystin accumulation in liver and muscle of tilapia in two large Brazilian hydroelectric reservoirs. Toxicon, 51(3), 435–448.
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16. Ehiagbonare, J. E., & Ogunrinde, Y. O. (2010). Physico-chemical analysis of fish pond water in Okada and its environs, Nigeria. African Journal of Biotechnology, 9(36), 5922–5928.
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20. Horváth L, Tamas G, and Seagrave CH. Carp and pond fish culture. (1992); Halsted Press an Imprint of John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 158 pp.
21. Kaushik, R., & Balasubramanian, R. (2013). Methods and Approaches Used for Detection of Cyanotoxins in Environmental Samples: A Review. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 43(13), 1349–1383.
22. Keremah, R. I., Davies, O. A., & Abezi, I. D. (2014). Physico-Chemical Analysis of Fish Pond Water in Freshwater Areas of Bayelsa State, Nigeria. Greener Journal of Biological Sciences, 4(2), 33–38.
23. Lizama M, De los A P, Ambrosio A M. (2002). Condition factor in nine species of fish of the Characidae family in the upper Paraná River floodplain, Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Biology. 62(1):113–124
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26.Slaninova, A., Machova, J., Svobodova, Z., & others. (2014). Fish kill caused by aluminium and iron contamination in a natural pond used for fish rearing: a case report. Veterinarni Medicina, 59(11), 573–581.
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31. US EPA, O. (n.d.). National Recommended Water Quality Criteria - Aquatic Life Criteria Table. Retrieved from http://www.epa.gov/wqc/national-recommended-water-quality-criteria-aquatic-life-criteria-table
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35.Wehr, J. D. (2002). Freshwater algae of North America: ecology and classification. Academic Press.
36. Welcomme, R. L. (1983). River basins. FAO Fisheries Technical Paper, FIR/T 202, 60 pp.
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