NUTRIENTS DYNIMIC IN AN AQUAPONIC RECIRCULATING SYSTEM FOR STURGEON AND LETTUCE (LACTUCA SATIVA) PRODUCTION
Keywords:
recirculating system, aquaponics, sturgeons, water qualityAbstract
Aquaponics are modern production systems, which integrate the aquaculture
technology with hydroponic systems (vegetable production without soil) with a goal
of fructification of residual nutrients resulted from metabolic activity of fish biomass
as high quality vegetable biomass sealable as ecological products. In the present
study, as a first step in aquaponic recirculating systems evaluation, the authors aim
to compare two types of recirculating systems: classical (hereby noted with RAS)
and integrated/aquaponic (RAS_A) regarding water quality parameters generally,
and TAN (total ammonia nitrogen) production and transformation, particularly.
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