The ammonia removal cycle for a submerged biofilter used in a recirculating eel culture system

Aquacultural Engineering

Volumn 31, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 17-30

  Tseng, Kuo Feng ^a   Wu, Kuo Lin ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Ammonia removal; Biofilter; Eel culture; Maintenance; Performance model; Recirculating system

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; BIOFILMS; BIOFILTERS; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); WATER QUALITY;

AMMONIA REMOVAL CYCLES; BACKWASH FREQUENCY; EEL CULTURE SYSTEMS;

AMMONIA;

AMMONIA; AQUACULTURE; BIOFILM; EEL; FILTER; POLLUTANT REMOVAL;

ANGUILLIFORMES;

EID: 2642558156     PISSN: 01448609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaeng.2003.12.002     Document Type: Article

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