Trout farm effluents: Characterization and impact on the receiving streams

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 379-387

  Boaventura, Rui ^a   Pedro, Ana M ^a   Coimbra, João ^a   Lencastre, Eduardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b Inst de Cie Biomed Abel Salazar ^*  (Portugal)

Author keywords

Effluent; Environmental impact; Fish farm; Pollution load; Trout farm; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CALCIUM CARBONATE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENT; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FISH; FLOW RATE; PH; PORTUGAL; RAINBOW TROUT; SUSPENDED PARTICULATE MATTER; WATER FLOW; WATER HARDNESS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY;

AQUACULTURE; DISSOLVED OXYGEN; EFFLUENT; FISH FARM EFFLUENT; RAINBOW TROUT; STREAMWATER QUALITY; WATER CHEMISTRY;

PORTUGAL;

MYKISS; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 0030620042     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(96)00117-0     Document Type: Article

References (15)

1. Alabaster, J. S. (1982). Survey on Fish-Farm Effluents in some EIFAC Countries. In: Report of the EIFAC Workshop on Fish-Farm Effluents, ed. J. S. Alabaster. Silkeborg, Denmark, 26-28 May 1981, European Inland Fisheries, Advisory Commission, Technical Paper No. 41, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, pp. 5-15.
2. Bergheim, A., Hustveit, H., Kittelsen, A. & Selmer-Olsen, A. R. (1984). Estimating pollution loadings from Norwegian fish farms. II. Investigations 1980-1981. Aquaculture, 36, 157-168.
3. Bergheim, A. & Selmer-Olsen, A. R. (1978). River pollution from a large trout farm in Norway. Aquaculture, 14, 267-270.
4. Carr, O. J. & Goulder, R. (1990). Fish-farm effluents in rivers. II. Effects on inorganic nutrients, algae and the macrophyte Ranunculus penicillatus. Wat. Res., 24, 639-647.
5. European Economic Community (1978). Council Directive of 18 July on the quality of fresh waters needing protection or improvement in order to support fish life, 78/659/EEC, Brussels.
6. Foy, R. H. & Rosell, R. (1991). Loadings of nitrogen and phosphorus from a Northern Ireland fish farm. Aquaculture, 96, 17-30.
7. Foy, R. H. & Rosell, R. (1991). Fractionation of phosphorus and nitrogen loadings from a Northern Ireland fish farm. Aquaculture, 96, 31-42.
8. Gowen, R. J., Rosenthal, H., Mäkinen, T. & Ezzi, I. (1990). Environmental impacts of aquaculture activities. In: Aquaculture Europe'89 - Business Joins Science, eds N. de Pauw & R. Billard. European Aquaculture Society, Spec. Publ. No. 12, Bredene, Belgium, pp. 257-283.
9. Iversen, T. M. (1995). Fish farming in Denmark: environmental impact of regulative legislation. Wat. Sci. Tech., 31(10), 73-84.
10. Kronvang, B., Ærtebjerg, G., Grant, R., Kristensen, P., Hovmand, M. & Kirkegaard, J. (1993). Nationwide monitoring of nutrients and their ecological effects: state of the Danish aquatic environment. Ambio, 22, 176-187.
11. Silvert, W. (1992). Assessing environmental impacts on finfish aquaculture in marine waters. Aquaculture, 107, 67-79.
12. Solbé, J. F. de L. G. (1982). Fish-Farm Effluents: A United Kingdom Survey. In: Report of the EIFAC Workshop on Fish-Farm Effluents, ed. J. S. Alabaster. Silkeborg, Denmark, 26-28 May 1981, European Inland Fisheries, Advisory Commission, Technical Paper No. 41, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, pp. 29-55.
13. th ed., APWA, New York.
14. Sumari, O. (1982). A Report on Fish-Farm Effluents in Finland. In: Report of the EIFAC Workshop on Fish-Farm Effluents, ed. J. S. Alabaster. Silkeborg, Denmark, 26-28 May 1981, European Inland Fisheries, Advisory Commission, Technical Paper No. 41, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, pp. 21-27.
15. Warrer-Hansen, I. (1982). Evaluation of matter discharged from trout farming in Denmark. In: Report of the EIFAC Workshop on Fish-Farm Effluents, ed. J. S. Alabaster. Silkeborg, Denmark, 26-28 May 1981, European Inland Fisheries, Advisory Commission, Technical Paper No. 41, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, pp. 57-63.