Nelson Winston Agbo
Department of Fisheries and Watershed ManagementLife SciencesPhysical SciencesHealth SciencesSocial Sciences

Nelson Winston Agbo

38 Publications18 Research Themes19 Open Access
Research Overview & Focus

The researcher's research is structured across several domains, reflecting a comprehensive exploration of ecological, nutritional, and agricultural themes within African contexts. Their work can be broadly categorized as follows: 1. **Marine Biology and Ecology**: Focuses on marine life interactions with the environment, including beach sand mining impacts and coastal erosion studies. 2. **Coastal and Marine Dynamics**: Examines environmental changes along the coastline, such as coastal erosion in Cape Coast and wave action dynamics in Nigerian waters. 3. **Research in Cotton Cultivation**: Aims to enhance agricultural productivity through innovative processing techniques for oilseed byproducts used in animal feed. 4. **Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth**: Investigates the nutritional aspects of aquatic fish populations, including growth performance, water flow effects on Nile Tilapia, and feed evaluation studies. 5. **Fish Biology and Ecology**: Studies early ontogeny of species like Heterotis niloticus and evaluates factors influencing fish development, such as hydrophobicity and rotifer live feeds. 6. **Fisheries and Aquaculture Studies**: Explores various systems in aquaculture, including feed evaluation, aquaculture development impact on ecosystems, commercial practices, and water quality issues. 7. **Land Use and Ecosystem Services**: Focuses on land management strategies, such as tree diversity and water access through aquaculture projects. 8. **Agricultural Systems and Practices**: Examines agricultural strategies like sustainable sanitation in aquaculture and small-scale fish farms. 9. **Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies**: Investigates marine ecosystems, including ghost crab population declines due to habitat changes. 10. ** Livestock and Poultry Management**: Looks at animal production systems, including aquaculture and farm-made feeds for Nile Tilapia. 11. **Fish Behavior**: Explores the biological aspects of fish development, such as early ontogeny and hydrophobicity. 12. **Fisheries and Aquaculture Studies**: Evaluates various fish species in reservoirs and their economic impacts on aquaculture development. The researcher's work is a balance between ecological conservation efforts and integrated agricultural practices, aiming to enhance both sustainability and economic viability across African ecosystems.

Faculty Biography

Prof. Nelson Agbo is with the Department of Fisheries and Watershed Management, Kwame Nkrumah University Science and Technology, Kumasi. He holds MSc. in Water Bioresources and Aquaculture (Kaliningrad State Technical University) and a PhD. in Aquaculture (Stirling University).Prof Agbo is an aquaculture professional whose research interests span across aquaculture systems and technologies (including waste-water aquaculture), aquaculture nutrition studies on the use of alternative feedstuffs as protein sources and exploring feeding strategies to reduce feed cost as well as the development and diversification of species for aquaculture in Ghana. He also has other research interests including; exploring sustainable water use to mitigate the impacts of climate change, taxonomy and systematics of fishes of inland waters and the conservation of coastal areas of Ghana.Prof. Agbo has been teaching and conducting research on the above research areas by collaborating with institutions in Ghana and abroad. Aside research he has worked as a consultant for governmental agencies, non-governmental organizations and private companies in the fisheries sector.

Key Research Themes (18)
Life Sciences

Agricultural Systems and Practices

Life Sciences

Agriculture and Rural Development Research

Life Sciences

Aquaculture disease management and microbiota

Life Sciences

Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth

Physical Sciences

Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity

Health Sciences

Child Nutrition and Water Access

Physical Sciences

Coastal and Marine Dynamics

Physical Sciences

Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies

Life Sciences

Fish Biology and Ecology Studies

Physical Sciences

Fish biology, ecology, and behavior

Life Sciences

Fisheries and Aquaculture Studies

Social Sciences

Innovation and Socioeconomic Development

Physical Sciences

Iron and Steelmaking Processes

Physical Sciences

Land Use and Ecosystem Services

Life Sciences

Livestock and Poultry Management

Physical Sciences

Marine Biology and Ecology Research

Physical Sciences

Metallurgical Processes and Thermodynamics

Life Sciences

Research in Cotton Cultivation

Publications (38)

Effect of pelleted diets with different protein levels on the growth and survival of the African bony-tongue (Heterotis niloticus) fry

Open Access
2025Aquaculture Nutrition and GrowthDOI: 10.1016/j.ejar.2025.02.002

Determining the Best Weaning Age to Dry Feeds and the Influence of Phospholipids and Long Chain Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids (LC‐PUFAs) on Digestive Enzyme Activity and Growth Performance of African Bony‐Tongue (<i>Heterotis niloticus</i>) Fry

Open Access
2025Aquaculture Nutrition and GrowthDOI: 10.1155/are/3858151

Early ontogeny of the African bony-tongue (Heterotis niloticus) and the effect of Artemia and rotifer live feeds on larval digestive enzyme activity and performance

Open Access
2024Aquaculture Nutrition and GrowthDOI: 10.3389/faquc.2024.1310429

Effect of three commercial feeds on the growth performance of Hybrid Catfish (Heteroclarias) juveniles

Open Access
2023Fish Biology and Ecology StudiesDOI: 10.51791/njap.v49i6.3839

Early ontogeny of the African bony-tongue (Heterotis niloticus) and effects of Artemia and rotifer live feeds on larval digestive enzyme activity and performance

Open Access
2023Fish biology, ecology, and behaviorDOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-3300765/v1

Effects of Feeding Strategies on Growth Performance and Economic Returns on the Production of Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) in Fertilized Ponds

Open Access
2021Aquaculture Nutrition and GrowthDOI: 10.4194/2618-6381-v21_2_03

Development of a small-scale commercial fish farm in the Ashanti Region of Ghana: a case study of Mr. Poku Gyinaye of Bosomtwi Integrated Aqualife Village.

2020Fish Biology and Ecology StudiesDOI: 10.1079/ac.109420.20203483771

Development of a small-scale commercial fish farm in the Ashanti Region of Ghana: A Case Study of Mr. Poku Gyinaye of Bosomtwi Integrated Aqualife Village

2020Innovation and Socioeconomic DevelopmentDOI: 10.1079/cabicompendium.109420

Anaesthetic potential of propofol for nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus): Effect of anaesthetic concentration and body weight

Open Access
2020Aquaculture disease management and microbiotaDOI: 10.1016/j.sciaf.2020.e00595

Growth Performance and Cost-Effectiveness of Farm-Made and Commercial Tilapia Starter Diets in Nile Tilapia ( Oreochromis niloticus L.) Fingerling Production in Ghana

Open Access
2019Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth

Water Quality Status of Tono and Vea Reservoirs for Aquaculture Development in the Upper East Region of Ghana

Open Access
2019Fish Biology and Ecology StudiesDOI: 10.9734/ajfar/2019/v3i130022

Trophic Status and Development of Aquaculture Management Areas (AMAs) For the two Major Reservoirs: Tono and Vea, in the Upper East Region of Ghana

2019Fish Biology and Ecology Studies

Effects of water flow rates on growth and welfare of Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) reared in a recirculating aquaculture system

2019Aquaculture Nutrition and GrowthDOI: 10.1007/s10499-019-00342-0

Groundnut and Cottonseed Meals in Tilapia Juvenile Diets: Effects onApparent Nutrient Digestibility, Short-Term Growth Performance, FeedUtilization and Carcass Composition

2018Agriculture and Rural Development Research

Processing techniques of selected oilseed by-products of potential use in animal feed: Effects on proximate nutrient composition, amino acid profile and antinutrients

Open Access
2018Research in Cotton CultivationDOI: 10.1016/j.aninu.2018.05.007

Groundnut and Cottonseed Meals in Tilapia Juvenile Diets: Effects on Apparent Nutrient Digestibility, Short-Term Growth Performance, Feed Utilization and Carcass Composition

2018Aquaculture Nutrition and GrowthDOI: 10.4172/2150-3508.1000259

Production and use of farm-made fish feeds by small-scale pond fish farmers in Ghana

2017Fish Biology and Ecology StudiesDOI: 10.26796/jenrm.v4i1.66

Evaluation of Farm-made and Commercial Tilapia Diets for Small-scale Hapa Production of Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus L.) in Ghana

Open Access
2017Livestock and Poultry ManagementDOI: 10.9734/jalsi/2017/31939

Harnessing Local Raw Materials for Engineering and Technological Development in Nigeria

2017Iron and Steelmaking ProcessesDOI: 10.4172/2168-9806.1000151

Tree and Trait Diversity, Species Coexistence, and Diversity-functional Relations of Green Spaces in Kumasi, Ghana

Open Access
2017Land Use and Ecosystem ServicesDOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2017.07.164

The Steel Industry: A Stimulus to National Development

2017Metallurgical Processes and ThermodynamicsDOI: 10.4172/2168-9806.1000156

Coastal Erosion in Ghana: Causes, Policies, and Management

2016Coastal and Marine DynamicsDOI: 10.1080/08920753.2016.1135273

Evaluation of Locally-available Agroindustrial Byproducts as Partial Replacements to Fishmeal in Diets for Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) Production in Ghana

Open Access
2016Aquaculture Nutrition and GrowthDOI: 10.21767/2572-5459.100002

Characteristics of cage aquaculture in Ghana- A case study of Lake Volta at Asuogyaman District.

2016Agricultural Systems and Practices

Human use and modification of beaches and dunes are linked to ghost crab (Ocypode spp) population decline in Ghana

Open Access
2015Coral and Marine Ecosystems StudiesDOI: 10.1016/j.rsma.2015.08.013

The ecological effects of beach sand mining in Ghana using ghost crabs (Ocypode species) as biological indicators

2015Marine Biology and Ecology ResearchDOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2015.05.001

Assessment of sand and stone mining along the coastline of Cape Coast, Ghana

Open Access
2015Coastal and Marine DynamicsDOI: 10.1080/19475683.2015.1007894

Economic and environmental benefits from integrating Aquaculture and Agriculture (IAA) in Ghana - presentation of system setup

2015Fisheries and Aquaculture Studies

Effects of Two Environmental Best Management Practices on Pond Water and Effluent Quality and Growth of Nile Tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus

Open Access
2014Aquaculture Nutrition and GrowthDOI: 10.3390/su6020652

Dietary Crystalline DL-Methionine Supplementation of Oilseed Meal-Based Diets: Effects on Growth and Feed Utilization of Juvenile Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus L.)

2014Aquaculture Nutrition and GrowthDOI: 10.9734/ajea/2014/10260

Challenges to wastewater aquaculture: a case study of traditional and emerging contaminant concentrations in African catfish [Abstract only]

2014Aquatic Ecosystems and Biodiversity

Promoting sustainable sanitation through wastewater-fed aquaculture: a case study from Ghana

2012Child Nutrition and Water AccessDOI: 10.1080/02508060.2012.733669

Fish fauna of the Owabi Dam Reservoir in Ghana

2012Fish Biology and Ecology Studies

The Current State of the Clam, Galatea paradoxa, Fishery at the Lower Volta River, Ghana

Open Access
2012Aquatic Ecosystems and BiodiversityDOI: 10.13140/2.1.1966.6883

The Potential of Groundnut (<i>Arachis hypogaea</i>L.) By-Products as Alternative Protein Sources in the Diet of Nile Tilapia (<i>Oreochromis niloticus</i>)

2011Aquaculture Nutrition and GrowthDOI: 10.1080/10454438.2011.627780

Constraints and opportunities in cage aquaculture in Ghana.

2011Agricultural Systems and Practices

Oilseed Meals as Dietary Protein Sources for Juvenile Nile Tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus L.)

Open Access
2008Aquaculture Nutrition and Growth
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DepartmentDepartment of Fisheries and Watershed Management
Total Publications38
Research Themes18
Open Access Papers19

Department of Fisheries and Watershed Management

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

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