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Performance of Polychaete Assisted Sand Filters Under Contrasting Nutrient Loads in an Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture (IMTA) System
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Journal Article
Performance of Polychaete Assisted Sand Filters Under Contrasting Nutrient Loads in an Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture (IMTA) System
2020
Overview
Polychaete assisted sand filters (PASFs) allow to combine a highly efficient retention of particulate organic matter (POM) present in aquaculture effluent water and turn otherwise wasted nutrients into valuable worm biomass, following an integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA) approach. This study evaluated the bioremediation and biomass production performances of three sets of PASFs stocked with ragworms (
Hediste diversicolor
) placed in three different locations of an open marine land-based IMTA system. The higher organic matter (OM) recorded in the substrate of the systems which received higher POM content (Raw and Df PASFs – filtered raw and screened by drum filter effluent, respectively) likely prompted a superior reproductive success of stocked polychaetes (final densities 2–7 times higher than initial stock; ≈1000–3000 ind. m
−2
). Bioremediation efficiencies of ≈70% of supplied POM (≈1.5–1.8 mg L
−1
) were reported in these systems. The PASFs with lower content of OM in the substrate (Df + Alg PASFs – filtered effluent previously screened by drum filter and macroalgae biofilter) differed significantly from the other two, with stocked polychaetes displaying a poorer reproductive success. The PASFs were naturally colonized with marine invertebrates, with the polychaetes
Diopatra neapolitana
,
Terebella lapidaria
and
Sabella
cf.
pavonina
being some of the species identified with potential for IMTA.
