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

• Published in: Aquaculture Environment Interactions
• Main Authors: Jansen, H.M., Broch, O.J., Bannister, R., Cranford, P., Handå, A., Husa, V., Jiang, Z., Strohmeier, T., Strand, Ø.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: Atlantic salmon; Environmental impact; Farm scale; IMTA; Integrated multitrophic aquaculture; Nitrogen; Nutrients; pelagic; Norway; Imta
• Online Access: https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/spatio-temporal-dynamics-in-the-dissolved-nutrient-waste-plume-fr; 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...