In
addition to filtering the physically large phytoplankton, Nile tilapia filtration also
Fig. 1. Filtration rate (FR, mgC/kg/h) of Nile tilapia (open circles) and silver carp (closed circles) as a function of
particulate organic carbon (POC, mgC/l) in green-algal and cyanobacterial water source.
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significantly reduced the small green algae, Tetraedron; the smallest algae counted during
this study.