Supplementary data Aquaculture impact STOTEN 2014 (original) (raw)

Important Water Quality Parameters in Aquaculture: An Overview

Agriculture and Environment, 2022

Water quality parameter is the physical, biological and chemical support in which they carry out their daily processes including as feeding, swimming, spawning, metabolism, development of fish body and excretion, which is an affordable source of protein and acceptability for the distribution and production of fish and other aquatic organisms explicitly or implicitly significant cash crop in many parts of the world (Bronmark and Hansson, 2005). After acquiring various types of pollutants which affect water quality, several professionals have reported the issues of water bodies (lentic and lotic) (physical, chemical and biological). Water quality characteristics in which all living organisms operate optimally have acceptable limitations. Within these parameters, a rapid decline or increase has negative consequences for essential physiological health of the aquatic organism (Davenport, 1993: Kiran, 2010). Fish are cultured in ponds (lentic water) in the majority of country and other countries, but regrettably, such farmers are unaware need of water quality standards in fisheries and aquaculture. They may acquire maximum fish production in the ponds by using minimum input cost and obtaining a high output of fish yield if they have been properly guided and kept informed of water quality management techniques. Temperature, transparency, turbidity, water colour, carbon dioxide, pH, alkalinity, hardness, ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, primary productivity, biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), plankton population, and primary productivity etc. all play a role for fish production. Can't be underestimated when it comes to maintaining a healthy aquatic environment and production suitable fish food organisms in ponds for improve fish production. As a result, it is necessary in order to ensure that these environmental factors are appropriately controlled and regulated in favor for fish survive and growth to their maximum potential.