education
| Ph.D., Auburn University |
| M.S., Mississippi State University |
| B.S., Mississippi State University |
professional experience
| 1966 | Federal Water pollution Control Administration, SE Water Lab, Athens, GA |
| 1967-1968 | Auburn university, Assistant Professor |
| 1968-1971 | Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, Aiken, SC |
| 1971-1977 | Auburn University, Associate Professor |
| 1977-2016 | Auburn University, Professor |
| May 2016 | Auburn University, Professor Emeritus |
honors and awards
| Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science |
| Honorary Lifetime Member, World Aquaculture Society |
| Lifetime Achievement Award, US Chapter, World Aquaculture Society |
| Lifetime Achievement Award, US Catfish Farmers |
| Award of Excellence, Bioengineering Section, American Fisheries Society |
| Appreciation Award, USDA Joint Subcommittee on Aquaculture |
| Academy of Fellows, Auburn University College of Agriculture |
| Creative Research Award, Research Advisory Council, Auburn University |
| Director’s Senior Research Award, AAES, Auburn University |
| Dean’s Award for Contributions to Agriculture, Auburn University |
professional affiliations
| World Aquaculture Society |
| American Fisheries Society |
Research Activities
My four remaining graduate students are involved in studies of water quality in “split-ponds” for channel catfish production, solubility of liming materials used in aquaculture, effects of mechanical aeration on evaporation and water temperature in ponds, and a survey of water quality at aquaculture facilities in Uganda.
I am personally collaborating with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) on a project to assess indicators of sustainable shrimp farming. In addition, I am working with WWF and Dr. Li Li of Ocean University of China on use of elemental fingerprinting to determine the geographic origin of farmed shrimp. I am collaborating with AquaSol (an aquaculture consulting company) to refine mechanical aeration and water circulation systems for shrimp ponds.
extension activities
My main outreach effort is a column on aquaculture (mostly about water quality issues and environmental management) that I have written bimonthly for the Global Aquaculture Advocate since 1999.
I also believe that my several books on aquaculture water quality and aquaculture and the environment have been useful in outreach efforts.
recent courses taught
| FISH 5220 Water Science |
| FISH 6220 Water Science |
| FISH 7230 Water and Sediment Quality Management in Aquaculture |
| FISH 7240 Resource Use and Environmental Issues in Aquaculture |
Select Publications
Books:
- Boyd, C.E. 1979. Water Quality in Warmwater Fish Ponds. Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Auburn University, Alabama. 359 p.
- Boyd, C.E. 1982. Water Quality Management for Pond Fish Culture. Elsevier Scientific Publishing Company, Amsterdam. 318 p.
- Boyd, C.E. 1990. Water Quality in Ponds for Aquaculture. Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Auburn University, Alabama. 482 p.
- Boyd, C.E. and C.S. Tucker. 1992. Water Quality and Pond Soil Analyses for Aquaculture. Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Auburn University, Alabama. 183 p.
- Yoo, K.H. and C.E. Boyd. 1994. Hydrology and Water Supply for Pond Aquaculture. Chapman and Hall, New York. 483 p.
- Boyd, C.E. 1995. Bottom Soils, Sediment, and Pond Aquaculture. Chapman and Hall, New York. 348 p.
- Egna, H.S. and C.E. Boyd (editors). 1997. Dynamics of Pond Aquaculture. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida. 437 p.
- Boyd, C.E. and C.S. Tucker. 1998. Pond Aquaculture Water Quality Management. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, Massachusetts. 700 p.
- Boyd, C.E. 2000. Water Quality, an Introduction. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, Massachusetts. 330 p.
- Boyd, C.E., D.E. Jory, and G.W. Chamberlain (editors). 2006. Operating Procedures for Shrimp Farming. Global Aquaculture Alliance, St. Louis, Missouri. 169 pp.
- Boyd, C.E. and C.S. Tucker. 2014. Handbook for Aquaculture Water Quality. Craftmaster Printers, Inc., Auburn, Alabama. 439 pp.
- Boyd, C.E. 2015. Water Quality, an Introduction, 2nd edition. Springer, New York, New York. 357 pp.
- Boyd, C.E. and A. A. McNevin. 2015. Aquaculture, Resource Use, and the Environment. Wiley-Blackwell, Hoboken, New Jersey. 337 pp.
- Selected Journal Articles (last 2 years):
- Boyd, C.E. 2014. A review of sportfish pond fertilization studies at Auburn University. World Aquaculture 45(1):41-45.
- Brown, T.W., T.R. Hanson, J.A. Chappell, C.E. Boyd, and D.S. Wilson. 2014. Economic feasibility of an in-pond raceway system for commercial catfish production in west Alabama. North American Journal of Aquaculture 76:79-89.
- Danaher, J.J., J.M Pickens, J.L Sibley, J.A. Chappell, T.R. Hanson, and C.E. Boyd. 2014. Growth of tomato seedlings in commercial substrate amended with dewatered aquaculture effluent. International Journal of Vegetable Science 20(4):340-353.
- Han, Y., C.E. Boyd, and R. Viriyatum. 2014. A bicarbonate titration method for lime requirement to neutralize exchangeable acidity of pond bottom soils. Aquaculture 434:282-287.
- Jescovitch, L.N., P. Chaney, and C.E. Boyd. 2014. Land to water surface area ratio in pond aquaculture. World Aquaculture 45(4):44-46.
- Li, L., C.E. Boyd, and J. Odom. 2014. Identification of Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) to rearing location using elemental profiling. Food Control 45:70-75.
- Prapaiwong, N. and C.E. Boyd. 2014. Trace elements in waters of inland, low-salinity shrimp ponds in Alabama. Aquaculture Research 45:327-333.
- Saengrungruang, P. and C.E. Boyd. 2014. Evaluation of porous, geotextile liners for erosion control in small aquaculture ponds. North American Journal of Aquaculture 76:369-374.
- Zhou, L. and C.E. Boyd. 2014. Total ammonia nitrogen removal from aqueous solutions by the natural zeolite, mordenite: A laboratory test and experimental study. Aquaculture 432:252-257.
- Boyd, C.E., A. McNevin, and J.W. Clay. 2015. Resource use efficiency in aquaculture: examining the known and unknown. World Aquaculture 46(2):25-30.
- Brown, T.W., C E. Boyd, and J.A. Chappell. 2015. Organic carbon and dissolved oxygen budgets for a commercial-size, in-pond raceway system. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 46(5):539-548.
- Chumnanka, N., C.E. Boyd, R. Viriyatum, and S. Tunkijjanukij. 2015. Bottom soil characteristics, survival and production of shrimp in low-salinity, inland ponds in Alabama and Florida (USA). Journal of Soils and Sediments 15:671-682.
- Li, L., C.E. Boyd, and S. Dong. 2015. Chemical profiling with modeling differentiates Ictalurid catfish produced in fertilized and feeding ponds. Food Control 50:18-22.
- Zhou, L. and C.E. Boyd. 2015. An assessment of total ammonia nitrogen concentration in Alabama (USA) ictalurid catfish ponds and the possible risk of ammonia toxicity. Aquaculture 437:263-269.
- Boyd, C.E., C.S. Tucker, and B. Somridhivej. 2016. Alkalinity and hardness: critical but elusive concepts in aquaculture. Journal of the World Aquaculture Society 47(1):6-41.
- Jescovitch, L. N., P. L. Chaney, and C. E. Boyd. 2016. A preliminary assessment of land-to-water surface area ratios (LWR) for sustainable land use in aquaculture. Papers in Applied Geography 2(2):178-188.
- Li, L. C.E. Boyd, and Z. Sun. 2016. Authentication of fishery and aquaculture products by multi-element and stable isotope analysis. Food Chemistry 194:1238-1244.
- Somridhivej, B. and C.E. Boyd. 2016. An assessment of factors affecting the reliability of total alkalinity measurements. Aquaculture 459:99-109.
- Zhou, L. and C.E. Boyd. 2016. Comparison of Nessler, phenate, salicylate and ion selective electrode procedures for determination of total ammonia nitrogen in aquaculture. Aquaculture 450:187-193.