Evaluation of three types of structured floating plastic media in moving bed biofilters for total ammonia nitrogen removal in a low salinity hatchery recirculating aquaculture system

Aquacultural Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 51-59

  Pfeiffer, Timothy J ^a   Wills, Paul S ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilter media; Moving bed biofilters; Nitrification; RAS

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM KINETICS; CULTURE SYSTEMS; FEED LOADING; FISH CULTURES; FLOATING PLASTIC MEDIA; HIGH FEED; LOAD RATE; LOW SALINITY; MEDIA TYPES; MOVING BED; RAS; RECIRCULATING AQUACULTURE SYSTEM; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; REMOVAL RATE; STANDARD DEVIATION; STRUCTURAL PLASTICS; STRUCTURED MEDIA; TOTAL AMMONIA NITROGENS; WARM WATER;

AMMONIA; AQUACULTURE; BIOFILTERS; BIOFILTRATION; SALINITY MEASUREMENT;

NITROGEN REMOVAL;

AMMONIA; BIOFILTRATION; BIOTECHNOLOGY; HATCHERY; MARINE TECHNOLOGY; NITRIFICATION; PLASTIC; REACTION KINETICS; RECIRCULATING SYSTEM; SALINITY;

EID: 80052289723     PISSN: 01448609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaeng.2011.06.003     Document Type: Article

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