Do benthic biofilters contribute to sustainability and restoration of the benthic environment impacted by offshore cage finfish aquaculture?

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1714-1724

  Aguado Gimenez F ^a   Piedecausa, M A ^a   Carrasco, C ^b   Gutierrez J M ^b   Aliaga, V ^b   Garcia Garcia B ^a  

^a INSTITUTO MURCIANO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO AGRARIO Y ALIMENTARIO IMIDA   (Spain)

^b Taxon Estudios Ambientales SL Polígono Industrial Oeste ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Artificial reef; Benthic biofilter; Fouling community; Mitigation; Reutilization; Sediment quality; Wild ichthyofauna

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL REEFS; BENTHIC BIOFILTER; ICHTHYOFAUNA; MITIGATION; RE-UTILIZATION; SEDIMENT QUALITY;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFILTERS; FARMS; FISH; FISHERIES; REEFS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BIOFILTRATION;

NITROGEN 15;

AQUACULTURE; ARTIFICIAL REEF; BENTHOS; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFILTRATION; CAGE CULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION; FILTER; FINFISH; FOULING ORGANISM; MITIGATION; SUSTAINABILITY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BENTHIC BIOFILTER; BIODIVERSITY; BIOFILTER; BIOFOULING; BIOMASS CONVERSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMERSAL FISH; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; HABITAT; MACROBENTHOS; MACROFAUNA; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PARTICULATE MATTER; PELAGIC FISH; PISCICULTURE; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; RECYCLING; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEDIMENT; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; SPECIES RICHNESS; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; FILTRATION; FISHERIES; FISHES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MARINE BIOLOGY; OCEANS AND SEAS; SPAIN; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 79960385345     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.05.028     Document Type: Article

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