Aquaponics-Integrating Fish and Plant Culture

Aquaculture Production Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 344-386

  Rakocy, James E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquaponics, fish and plant culture integration; Construction materials; Crop production systems; Economics; Fish production; Hydroponic subsystems; Nutrient dynamics; Pest and disease control; Plant growth requirements; System design approaches

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886133728     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118250105.ch14     Document Type: Chapter

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