Information in Table 1 was derived
from a laboratory study and the small
decreases in pH measured under controlled
laboratory conditions will probably
be undetectable under field conditions.
The ineffectiveness of sodium
bicarbonate treatment was verified in
a study of pH management in hybrid
striped bass nursery ponds in Arkansas.
In that study, sodium bicarbonate
treatments of 8, 16 and 32 mg/L had no
apparent effect on afternoon pH values.