Biological and economical feasibility studies of using seaweeds Ulva lactuca (Chlorophyta) in recirculation systems in abalone farming
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2006
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The aim of this study was to investigate whether a land-based recirculating seaweed-abalone integrated aquaculture system using Ulva lactuca was feasible as well as to test the differences between a commercial gravel bed recirculation system to an existing flow through system. These studies were carried out at two abalone farms: Danger Point (I & J) (140 km east of Cape Town) and at Jacobs Bay (JSP) (120 km north of Cape Town. South Africa). In both studies no significant difference in terms of water quality, abalone growth rates and abalone health were found. It was found that a seaweed /abalone recirculating system at the designed water exchange rates (25 %) was nitrogen limited and that the system as designed could be run at 75 % recirculation rate and remove a significant proportion of the dissolved nutrients (ammonium, phosphorus, nitrate and nitrite).
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 282-311).
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Robertson-Andersson, D. 2006. Biological and economical feasibility studies of using seaweeds Ulva lactuca (Chlorophyta) in recirculation systems in abalone farming. University of Cape Town.