Impact of trout aquaculture on water quality and farm effluent treatment options

Aquatic Living Resources

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 93-103

  Sindilariu, Paul Daniel ^a,b   Reiter, Reinhard ^a   Wedekind, Helmut ^a  

^a Institute for Fishery   (Germany)

^b Inter Aqua Advance A/S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aquaculture ecological impact; Constructed wetlands; Effluent quality; Effluent treatment; Sedimentation basins; Trout farming

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; EFFLUENT; INDUSTRIAL EMISSION; REARING; SALMONID; SEDIMENTATION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

INVERTEBRATA; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 64549153210     PISSN: 09907440     EISSN: 17652952     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/alr/2009009     Document Type: Article

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