Mitigation of nitrogen discharge from fish aquaculture effluents using green macroalgae

• Author(s): Aníbal, J. ; Madeira, Hélder Trindade ; Carvalho, Liliana Faia ; Esteves, E. ; Veiga-Pires, C. ; Rocha, C.
• Date: 2013
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/3308
• Origin: Sapientia - Universidade do Algarve
• Subject(s): Nitrogen rich effluents; Bioremediation; Green macroalgae
• Document Type: Conference object
• Language: English
• Contributor(s): Sapientia

Description

Aquaculture effluents are rich in organic and inorganic nitrogen compounds that may support and enhance local primary productivity, eventualy inducing eutrophication conditions that may lead to the development of harmful algae blooms.