Integrated multi-trophic aquaculture systems: energy transfers and food web organization in coastal earthen ponds

• Published in: Aquaculture Environment Interactions
• Main Authors: S Gamito, H Quental-Ferreira, A Parejo, J Aubin, V Christensen, ME Cunha
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Inter-Research 2020
• Subjects: Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling; SH1-691; Ecology; QH540-549.5; Imta; Crassostrea gigas
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.3354/aei00375; https://doaj.org/article/b1563ed82243483d88bca0bfc3f3579e

Three Ecopath models were built to reproduce 3 experimental treatments carried out in earthen ponds located in Olhão, southern Portugal, to understand the energy transferred and the ecosystem state in integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA). These earthen ponds behave as simplified ecosystems or...