A coupled biogeochemical-Dynamic Energy Budget model as a tool for managing fish production ponds

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 463-464, Issue , 2013, Pages 861-874

  Serpa, Dalila ^a   Pousão Ferreira, Pedro ^a   Caetano, Miguel ^a   Cancela da Fonseca, Luís ^b,c   Dinis, Maria Teresa ^b   Duarte, Pedro ^d  

^a Portuguese Institute for the Ocean and the Atmosphere (IPMA)   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALGARVE   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Ecological modeling; Environmental impacts; Fish farming; Management; Sediment quality; Water quality

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL HIERARCHICAL PROCESS; ASSIMILATION EFFICIENCY; BIOGEOCHEMICAL MODELS; DYNAMIC ENERGY BUDGETS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; FISH FARMING; PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY; SEDIMENT QUALITY;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BUDGET CONTROL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EFFICIENCY; EFFLUENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LAKES; MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PHOSPHORUS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER QUALITY;

FISH;

NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENERGY BUDGET; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FISHERY MANAGEMENT; FISHERY PRODUCTION; GROWTH MODELING; INTENSIVE CULTURE; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; PERCIFORM; POND; SEDIMENT; SUSTAINABILITY; WATER QUALITY;

AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; BIOGEOCHEMICAL DYNAMIC ENERGY BUDGET MODEL; BIOMASS; CALIBRATION; DIPLODUS SARGUS; DYNAMICS; EFFLUENT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PISCICULTURE; POND; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA BREAM; SEDIMENT; SIMULATION; WATER QUALITY;

ECOLOGICAL MODELING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; FISH FARMING; MANAGEMENT; SEDIMENT QUALITY; WATER QUALITY;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; ENVIRONMENT; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SEA BREAM;

EID: 84880688820     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.06.090     Document Type: Article

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