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Research

Biofloc publications

Rakocy, J.E., D.S. Bailey, R.C. Shultz, J.J. Danaher and E.S. Thoman.  2007.  Intensive Tank Culture of Tilapia in the UVI Biofloc System.

Rakocy, J.E., D.S. Bailey, E.S. Thoman and R.C. Shultz. 2004.  Intensive Tank Culture of Tilapia with a Suspended, Bacterial-Based, Treatment Process.   Pages 584-596 in R.B. Bolivar, G.C. Mair and K. Fitzsimmons, Eds. Proceedings 6th International Symposium on Tilapia in Aquaculture, Manila, Philippines.

Rakocy, J.E., D.S. Bailey, E.S. Thoman, and R.C. Shultz.  2003.  A Greenwater Tank System with Aeration, Mixing, Solids Removal and Nitrification in the Water Column.  pp.  288-289 in:  Aquaculture Europe 2003:  Beyond Monoculture European Aquaculture Society Special Publication No. 33.

Rakocy, J.E. 2002. An integrated fish and field crop system for arid areas.  Pages 263-285 in B.A Costa-Pierce, Ed. Ecological Aquaculture: The Evolution of the Blue Revolution. Blackwell Science, Oxford, UK.

Rakocy, J.E., D.S. Bailey, J.M. Martin and R.C. Shultz. 2000. Tilapia production systems for the Lesser Antilles and other resource-limited, tropical areas.  Pages 651-662 in K. Fitzsimmons and J. Carvalho Filho, Eds.  Tilapia Aquaculture in the 21st Century: Proceedings from the Fifth International Symposium on Tilapia in Aquaculture, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Martin, J.M., J.E. Rakocy and W.M. Cole. 1998. Greenwater tank culture of tilapia. Proceedings of the 51st Annual Meeting of the Gulf and Caribbean Fisheries Institute, St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands.

Cole, W.M., J.E. Rakocy, K.A. Shultz and D.S. Bailey. 1997. Effects of solids removal on tilapia production and water quality in continuously aerated, outdoor tanks. Pages 373-384 in K. Fitzsimmons, ed.  Tilapia Aquaculture: Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on Tilapia in Aquaculture, Orlando, Florida.

Biofloc presentation and posters

Research on Biofloc Tank Culture of Tilapia 2013

Reclaimed Aquaculture Effluent for use on Cucumbers (Cucumis sativus cv Eureka) Grown in the U.S. Virgin Islands

Use of a Geotube® for Recovery of Aquaculture Wastewater for Agronomic Crops in the U.S. Virgin Islands