Department of Applied Hydrobiology
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Background The department of Applied Hydrobiology is functioning as a fundamental unit in the College of Aquaculture and Fisheries. The mission of the department is to conduct teaching, research and training on fundamental disciplines including water sciences, aquatic ecology, aquatic morphology and taxonomy, etc… Education The department is responsible for offering courses on water quality management, aquatic botany and zoology, morphology and taxonomy of aquatic invertebrates and vertebrates, aquatic ecosystems, ecology of aquatic organisms, live food production for undergraduate and graduate students in different fields such as: Aquaculture, Aquatic Animal Health Management, Fisheries Management, and Marine Biology. Research Research is an compulsorily important task of the department. Primary research fields are focused on water quality assessment and management, assessment of environmental impact from aquaculture, aquatic resources, population dynamics, bio-monitoring, biodiversity of aquatic organisms, live food production technologies, etc… Training Training courses are occasionally organized as demand. The following courses are often offered to local staffs, aquaculturists or farmers in the Mekong Delta: - Water quality analysis and management in shrimp/fish ponds - Algae and invertebrate identification - Benefic Microbacteria - Live food culture techniques (Algae, Rotifers, Artemia, waterflea/Moina, copepod) |
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Facilities
The department possesses several laboratories and wet-lab for its teaching, research and training. Water Analysis Lab is equipped with many modern equipments that can analyze more than 30 water and sediment parameters. Plankton and Benthos Lab support to analyze quantitatively and qualitatively zooplankton, phytoplankton and zoobenthos. Wet-lab provides facilities to develop live food culture models.
Personnel
Contact address:
Dr Pham Thi Tuyet Ngan
Head, Department of Applied Hydrobiology
College of Aquaculture and Fisheries
Can Tho University, 2/3 street, Can Tho City, Vietnam
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Graduation Ceremony for International Masters in Aquaculture - 3rd Cohort
On September 15th, 2020, Can Tho University (CTU) solemnly held a ceremony to award international master degree in Aquaculture for the third batch. Attending the Ceremony were the Rector Board, leaders representatives of the CTU's units, new graduates, relatives and friends....
- National conference on Aquaculture and Fisheries Sciences 2019
- Graduation Ceremony of International Master Program in Aquaculture - Course 1
- Announcement and call for abstracts for the International Fisheries Symposium – IFS 2016
- Master Program in Tropical Aquaculture
- Master Program in Tropical Aquaculture 2019
ASEAN Fisheries Education Network - ASEAN-FEN
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In order to strengthen and promote collaboration in education, research, information exchange as well as staff and student exchange in aquaculture and fisheries among ASEAN countries and with other international institutions and organizations for sustainable development of aquaculture and fisheries in the region, nine Universities including Can Tho University (Vietnam), Kasetsart University (Thailand), Nong Lam University (Viet Nam), Prince of Songkla University (Thailand), Rajamangala University of Technology Srivijaya (Thailand), Universitas Airlangga (Indonesia), Universitas Brawijaya (Indonesia), Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (Malaysia), Universiti Sains Malaysia (Malaysia) has jointly established and made the Declaration of the ASEAN Fisheries Education Network (ASEAN-FEN) on 30 October 2014 during the International Fisheries Symposium – IFS2014, Surabaya, Indonesia. Please visit the website (http://www.aseanfen.org/) for further information about the ASEAN-FEN.
As the results, IFS will be one of important activities of the ASEAN-FEN which will be co-organized by the nine core universities every year. Please visit the annual IFS websites for further information
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