Journal of Fisheries & Livestock Production
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Research Article

A Study on the Effects of Propanil on the Water Quality and Plankton Communities of Channel Catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) Pond Systems With and Without a Floating Algal Scum

Edziyie R^1* and Perschbacher P²

¹Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

²Aquaculture/Fisheries Center, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, Pine Bluff, AR, USA

*Corresponding Author:

Edziyie R
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
Kumasi, Ghana
Tel: +233 32 206 0438
E-mail: reedziyie.frnr@knust.edu.gh

Received date: March 30, 2017; Accepted date: April 03, 2017; Published date: April 10, 2017

Citation: Edziyie R, Perschbacher P (2017) A Study on the Effects of Propanil on the Water Quality and Plankton Communities of Channel Catfish (Ictalurus punctatus) Pond Systems With and Without a Floating Algal Scum. J Fisheries Livest Prod 5: 230 doi: 10.4172/2332-2608.1000230

Copyright: © 2017 Edziyie R, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.

A study was conducted to compare channel catfish system water quality and plankton communities with and without a surface algal scum when exposed to various levels of propanil. The system with the scum suffered greater negative impacts than the system without scum. Other crop herbicides shown to impact phytoplankton, such as diuron, should also be investigated and are assumed to have greater effect on ponds with an algal scum.

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