A study on the optimal hydraulic loading rate and plant ratios in recirculation aquaponic system

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 1511-1517

  Endut, Azizah ^a   Jusoh, A ^b   Ali, N ^b   Wan Nik, W B ^b   Hassan, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI SULTAN ZAINAL ABIDIN   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA TERENGGANU   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

African catfish; Aquaponic; Hydraulic loading rate; Water spinach

Indexed keywords

FISH; NUTRIENTS; TURBINES; WASTE TREATMENT;

AFRICAN CATFISHES; AQUAPONIC; AQUAPONIC SYSTEM; CLARIAS GARIEPINUS; HYDRAULIC LOADING RATES; MASS BALANCE EQUATIONS; PLANT PRODUCTION; WATER SPINACHS; AFRICAN CATFISH; FEEDING REGIME; FISH FEED; FISH PRODUCTION; NUTRIENT REMOVAL; OPTIMUM RATIO; PLANT GROWING; PLANT GROWTH; REARING TANKS; RECIRCULATIONS; TREATMENT UNITS; WASTE DISCHARGES;

LOADING; TURBINES;

ARTIFICIAL DIET; FISH CULTURE; FISHERY PRODUCTION; GROWTH RATE; LEAFY VEGETABLE; MASS BALANCE; OPTIMIZATION; REARING; RECIRCULATING SYSTEM; WASTE DISPOSAL; YIELD RESPONSE; AQUACULTURE EFFLUENT; DICOTYLEDON; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; TELEOST;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CATFISH; CLARIAS GARIEPINUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; IPOMOEA; IPOMOEA AQUATICA; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECIRCULATION AQUAPONIC SYSTEM; TECHNOLOGY; WASTE MANAGEMENT; ANIMAL; AQUACULTURE; FISH; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HYDROPONICS; INSTRUMENTATION; KINETICS; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; PLANT NUTRIENT; PLANT YIELD;

CLARIAS GARIEPINUS; IPOMOEA AQUATICA;

OXYGEN; WATER;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; FISHES; HYDROPONICS; IPOMOEA; KINETICS; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; WATER;

EID: 77951241374     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2009.09.040     Document Type: Article

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