Contamination and growth of the shrimp, Penaeus stylirostris Stimpson, cultured in a seawater/wastewater aquaculture system
Many commercial mariculture operations have failed because of the costs associated with rearing animals in high density cultures. One of the most significant costs is feed. The costs of culturing marine animals could be lowered by reducing the stocking densities used in the ponds and substituting nutrient-rich, treated wastewater for commercial feeds. However, an aquaculture system which is based on wastewater may not only have a different production profile than a system based on prepared feeds, but the animals may also be subject to contamination. The authors have monitored the growth of shrimp cultured in a seawater/wastewater system and have analyzed water and tissue samples for several likely organic and inorganic contaminants.
- Research Organization:
- Florida Institute of Tech., Melbourne
- OSTI ID:
- 6372090
- Journal Information:
- Bull. Environ. Contam. Toxicol.; (United States), Vol. 35:4
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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SHRIMP
AQUACULTURE
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
WASTE WATER
USES
ANIMAL GROWTH
CONTAMINATION
METALS
POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
SEAWATER
ANIMALS
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
AROMATICS
ARTHROPODS
CRUSTACEANS
DECAPODS
ELEMENTS
GROWTH
HYDROCARBONS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INVERTEBRATES
LIQUID WASTES
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
WASTES
WATER
560304* - Chemicals Metabolism & Toxicology- Invertebrates- (-1987)