We observed that Nile tilapia filtration rate (FR) increases to a maximum as
phytoplankton concentration, measured as suspended particulate organic carbon
(POC), increases in the water column and that the maximum FR of cyanobacteria by
tilapia was significantly higher than with green algae (Turker et al., 2003). FR of
filamentous cyanobacteria has been observed to be greater for silver carp than the Congo
tilapia