The efficiency of a closed-loop chemical-free water treatment system for cyprinid fish farms

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 873-882

  Bulc, T Griessler ^a   Istenic D ^b   Klemenčič, A Krivograd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b LIMNOS Company for Applied Ecology   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Fish farming; Glass fibre filters; Recirculation; Ultrasound; Ultraviolet lamps; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

ALGAE REMOVAL; BODY WEIGHT; CLOSED-LOOP; CONTROL PONDS; CONVERSION RATES; FAECAL COLIFORMS; FISH FARMING; FISH FARMS; FISH PRODUCTION; FREE WATER; GLASS FIBRE FILTERS; GLASS FIBRES; MEAN VALUES; MEASURED PARAMETERS; NORMAL OPERATIONS; NUTRIENT ACCUMULATION; NUTRIENT CONCENTRATIONS; PILOT OPERATIONS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; RECIRCULATION; SPECIFIC GROWTH RATE; TOTAL COLIFORMS; TOTAL PHOSPHOROUS; TOTAL SUSPENDED SOLIDS; TREATMENT PERFORMANCE; ULTRASOUND; WATER CONSUMPTION;

AIR FILTERS; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CLOSED LOOP SYSTEMS; FISH; GLASS FIBERS; LIGHTING; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; NUTRIENTS; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS; ULTRASONICS; ULTRAVIOLET LAMPS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

LAKES;

AMMONIA; AQUACULTURE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CYPRINID; FILTER; GROWTH RATE; LEGISLATION; NITROGEN COMPOUND; PHOSPHORUS; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POND; SUSPENDED LOAD; WATER TREATMENT;

UNITED STATES;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYPRINIDAE; CYPRINUS; CYPRINUS CARPIO;

EID: 79955610824     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2011.01.004     Document Type: Article

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