AFRICAN REGIONAL AQUACULTURE CENTRE, PORT HARCOURT, NIGERIAARAC/87/WP/12(5)
CENTRE REGIONAL AFRICAIN D'AQUACULTURE, PORT HARCOURT, NIGERIA
SOIL QUALITY CONSIDERATIONS IN THE SELECTION OF SITES FOR AQUACULTURE

TABLE OF CONTENTS

P. LOGANATHAN
Department of Crop and Soil Sciences
Rivers State University of Science
and Technology,
Port Harcourt

Lectures presented at ARAC for
the Senior Aquaculturists course

UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
NIGERIAN INSTITUTE FOR OCEANOGRAPHY AND MARINE RESEARCH
PROJECT RAF/82/009

JUNE, 1987


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TABLE OF CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION

2. CONCEPTS OF SOIL

3. COMPOSITION OF SOIL

4. PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF THE SOIL

4.1. Texture

4.2. Structure

4.3. Consistence

4.4. Particle Density

4.5. Bulk Density

4.6. Pore Space

4.7. Atterberg Limits

4.8. Soil Colour

4.9. Soil Permeability

5. CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF SOIL

5.1. Colloidal Properties

5.2. Ion Adsorption

5.3. Origin of Charges in Soil and Ion Exchange

5.4. Soil Acidity

5.5. Liming of the Soil

5.6. Saline Soils

5.7. Sodic Soils

6. SOIL FERTILITY

7. SOIL FORMATION, SOIL PROFILE AND SOIL CLASSIFICATION

7.1. Soil Formation

7.2. Soil Profile

7.3. Soil Classification

8. REFERENCES