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

• Published in: Aquaculture Environment Interactions
• Main Authors: Gamito, Sofia, Quental-Ferreira, Hugo, Parejo, Aida, Aubin, Joël, Christensen, Villy, Cunha, Maria Emilia
• Other Authors: Centre of Marine Sciences Faro (CCMAR), University of Algarve Portugal, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia Faro (FCT), Universidade do Algarve (UAlg), Instituto Português de Investigação do Mar e da Atmosfera (IPMA), Sol Agro et hydrosystème Spatialisation (SAS), Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE)-Institut Agro Rennes Angers, Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro), Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, University of British Columbia (UBC)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2020
• Subjects: Integrated multi-trophic aquaculture systems; IMTA; Earthen pond ecosystems; Ecosystem energy transfer; Ecopath models; Sustainable aquaculture; [SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio]; Imta; Crassostrea gigas
• Online Access: https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-04576737; https://doi.org/10.3354/aei00375

International audience 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 s...