Spatio-temporal dynamics in the dissolved nutrient waste plume from Norwegian salmon cage aquaculture

• Published in: Aquaculture Environment Interactions
• Main Authors: Jansen, Henrice M, Broch, Ole Jacob, Bannister, Raymond, Cranford, Peter J., Handå, Aleksander, Husa, Vivian, Jiang, Zengjie, Strohmeier, Tore, Strand, Øivind
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Atlantic salmon; Farm scale; Nutrients; Nitrogen; Integrated multi-trophic aquaculture; IMTA; Pelagic; Environmental impact; Norway; Imta
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2568094; https://doi.org/10.3354/aei00276

The aim of this study was to define the waste plume dynamics around a salmon farm in Norway. Systematic water sampling and numerical modeling were implemented to define nutrient concentrations in the upper water column at long-term (seasonal) and short-term (between and within days) time scales. Nut...