A model of aquaculture biodeposition for multiple estuaries and field validation at blue mussel (Mytilus edulis) culture sites in eastern Canada

Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1271-1285

  Grant, Jon ^a   Cranford, Peter ^b   Hargrave, Barry ^b   Carreau, Michel ^c   Schofield, Bryan ^a   Armsworthy, Shelley ^b   Burdett Coutts, Victoria ^b   Ibarra, Diego ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^c HYDRO QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; BIOGENIC DEPOSIT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MOLLUSC CULTURE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 27144448990     PISSN: 0706652X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/f05-033     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Bayne, B.L., Hawkins, A.J.S., Navarro, E., and Iglesias, J.I.P. 1989. Effects of seston concentration on feeding, digestion and growth in the mussel Mytilus edulis. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 55: 47-54.
2. Chamberlain, J., Fernandes, T.F., Read, P., Nickell, T.D., and Davies, I.M. 2001. Impacts of biodeposits from suspended mussel (Mytilus edulis L.) culture on surrounding surficial sediments. ICES J. Mar. Sci. 58: 411-416.
3. Christensen, P.B., Glud, R.N., Dalsgaard, T., and Gillespie, P. 2003. Impacts of longline mussel farming on oxygen and nitrogen dynamics and biological communities of coastal sediments. Aquaculture, 218: 567-588.
4. Cranford, P.J., and Hill, P.S. 1999. Seasonal variation in food utilization by the suspension-feeding bivalve molluscs Mytilus edulis and Placopecten magellanicus. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 190: 223-239.
5. Cromey, C.J., Nickell, T.D., and Black, K.D. 2002. DEPOMOD - modelling the deposition and biological effects of waste solids from marine cage farms. Aquaculture, 214: 211-239.
6. Dame, R.F. 1996. Ecology of marine bivalves: an ecosystem approach. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Fla.
7. Dame, R.F., and Prins, T. 1998. Bivalve carrying capacity in coastal ecosystems. Aquat. Ecol. 31: 409-431.
8. Deegan, L.A., Finn, J.T., and Buonaccorsi, J. 1997. Development and validation of an estuarine biotic integrity index. Estuaries, 20: 601-617.
9. Dowd, M., Page, F., and Losier, R. 2002. Time series analysis of temperature, salinity, chlorophyll a and oxygen data from Tracadie Bay, PEI. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. No. 2441.
10. Emery, W.J., and Thomson, R.E. 1998. Data analysis methods in physical oceanography. Pergamon, Oxford, UK.
11. Gillibrand, P.A., and Turrell, W.R. 1997. The use of simple models in the regulation of the impact of fish farms on water quality in Scottish sea lochs. Aquaculture, 159: 33-46.
12. Grant, J., and Bacher, C. 1998. Comparative models of mussel bioenergetics and their validation at field culture sites. J. Exp. Mar. Biol. Ecol. 219: 21-44.
13. Grant, J., and Bacher, C. 2001. A numerical model of flow modification induced by suspended aquaculture in a Chinese bay. Can. J. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 58: 1003-1011.
14. Grant, J., Enright, C.T., and Griswold, A. 1990. Resuspension and growth of Ostrea edulis: a field experiment. Mar. Biol. 104: 51-59.
15. Grant, J., Dowd, M., Thompson, K., Emerson, C., and Hatcher, A. 1993. Perspectives on field studies and related biological models of bivalve growth. In Bivalve filter feeders and marine ecosystem processes. Edited by R. Dame. Springer-Verlag, New York. pp. 371-420.
16. Grant, J., Hatcher, A., Scott, D.B., Pocklington, P., Schafer, C.T., and Honig, C. 1995. A multidisciplinary approach to evaluating benthic impacts of shellfish aquaculture. Estuaries, 18: 124-44.
17. Gregory, D., Petrie, B., Jordan, F., and Langille, P. 1993. Oceanographic, geographic, and hydrological parameters of Scotia-Fundy and southern Gulf of St. Lawrence inlets. Can. Tech. Rep. Hydrogr. Ocean Sci. No. 143.
18. Hargrave, B.T. 1994. A benthic enrichment index. Can. Tech. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. No. 1949. pp. 79-91.
19. Hayakawa, Y., Kobayashi, M., and Izawa, M. 2001. Sedimentation flux from mariculture of oyster (Crassostrea gigas) in Ofunato estuary, Japan. ICES J. Mar. Sci. 58: 435-144.
20. Lowery, T.A. 1998. Difference equation-based estuarine flushing model application to U.S. Gulf of Mexico estuaries. J. Coastal Res. 14: 185-195.
21. Meeuwig, J.J., Rasmussen, J.B., and Peters, R.H. 1998. Turbid waters and clarifying mussels: their moderation of empirical chl:nutrient relations in estuaries in Prince Edward Island, Canada. Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 171: 139-150.
22. Monbet, Y. 1992. Control of phytoplankton biomass in estuaries - a comparative analysis of microtidal and macrotidal estuaries. Estuaries, 15: 563-571.
23. Muylaert, K., and Raine, R. 1999. Import, mortality and accumulation of coastal phytoplankton in a partially mixed estuary (Kinsale Harbour, Ireland). Hydrobiologia, 412: 53-65.
24. Panchang, V., Cheng, G., and Newell, C. 1997. Modeling hydrodynamics and aquaculture waste transport in coastal Maine. Estuaries, 20: 14-41.
25. Prins, T.C., Smaal, A.C., Pouwer, A.J., and Dankers, N. 1996. Filtration and resuspension of particulate matter and phytoplankton on an intertidal mussel bed in the Oosterschelde estuary (SW Netherlands). Mar. Ecol. Prog. Ser. 142: 121-134.
26. Smaal, A.C., and Haas, H.A. 1997. Seston dynamics and food availability on mussel and cockle beds. Estuar. Coast. Shelf Sci. 45: 247-259.
27. Strain, P.M., and Yeats, P.A. 1999. The relationships between chemical measures and potential predictors of the eutrophication status of inlets. Mar. Pollut. Bull. 38: 1163-1170.
28. Van Raaphorst, W., Malschaert, H., and VanHaren, H. 1998. Tidal resuspension and deposition of particulate matter in the Oyster Grounds, North Sea. J. Mar. Res. 56: 257-291.
29. Wu, R.S.S., Shin, P.K.S., MacKay, D.W., Mollowney, M., and Johnson, D. 1999. Management of marine fish farming in the sub-tropical environment: a modelling approach. Aquaculture, 174: 279-298.