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The paper is based on the two-year data on the monthly fluctuations of the various physico-chemical complexes operating in two fish breeding ponds of Husain Sagar Fish Farm, Hyderabad, India. It includes discussion on the inter-relationships of the following sets of factors.
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Free carbon-dioxide, carbonate, bicarbonate, calcium and pH.
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Sodium and chloride.
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Oxidizable and nitrogenous organic matter and C/N ratio.
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Oxidizable organic matter, magnesium, soluble iron and pH.
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Free ammonia, nitrate and dissolved oxygen.
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Albuminoid ammonia and nitrate.
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Total solids, pH, rain fall and water temperature.
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Zafar, A.R. On the ecology of algae in certain fish ponds of Hyderabad-India. Hydrobiologia 23, 179–195 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00043729
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