TY - JOUR
AU - Fielder, D. Stewart
AB -  This paper describes a preliminary study on survival and growth of silver perch, Bidyanus bidyanus (Mitchell, 1838), a salt‐tolerant freshwater species, cultured in inland saline groundwater from southwestern New South Wales, Australia. Silver perch (mean wet weight 169.2 ± 10.7 g) were grown for 139 d in triplicate 500‐L tanks (80 fish/m 3 ) in (1) freshwater, (2) 10 g/L raw saline groundwater, and (3) 10 g/L raw saline groundwater with potassium concentration equivalent to 100% of the concentration present in oceanic water of the equivalent salinity. Survival, absolute growth rate, and food conversion ratio of silver perch did not differ between treatments ( P > 0.05) and were 96.1 ± 3.9%, 0.39 ± 0.07 g/d, and 1.8 ± 0.2, respectively, in 10 g/L raw saline groundwater. High survival and reasonable growth of silver perch suggests that this salt‐tolerant freshwater species could be cultured in inland areas of Australia using saline groundwater. The largest saline groundwater evaporation scheme in Australia is the Wakool‐Tullakool Sub‐Surface Drainage Scheme (WTSSDS) in southwestern New South Wales (35°28′S, 144°26′E), where 13,000 ML/yr of saline groundwater is annually pumped into 1600 ha of evaporation ponds ( Allan et al. 2001 ). The opportunity presented 
TI - Survival and Growth of Silver Perch, Bidyanus bidyanus , a Salt‐tolerant Freshwater Species, in Inland Saline Groundwater from Southwestern New South Wales, Australia
JF - Journal of the World Aquaculture Society
DO - 10.1111/j.1749-7345.2007.00102.x
DA - 2007-06-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wiley/survival-and-growth-of-silver-perch-bidyanus-bidyanus-a-salt-tolerant-7yCoKP4eH2
SP - 314
VL - 38
IS - 2
DP - DeepDyve
ER -