A new concept for aquaponic systems to improve sustainability, increase productivity, and reduce environmental impacts

Aquaculture is globally the fastest growing sector of agriculture that needs to be sustainable and must also meet bioeconomic demands. In principle, aquaponics, the combination of aquaculture and horticulture within a single recirculating aquaponic system (SRAPS), provides a sustainable approach; ho...

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Autores principales: W Kloas, R Groß, D Baganz, J Graupner, H Monsees, U Schmidt, G Staaks, J Suhl, M Tschirner, B Wittstock, S Wuertz, A Zikova, B Rennert
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:81d1861f3394435994fdbd3f994ca5b02021-11-16T09:43:32ZA new concept for aquaponic systems to improve sustainability, increase productivity, and reduce environmental impacts1869-215X1869-753410.3354/aei00146https://doaj.org/article/81d1861f3394435994fdbd3f994ca5b02015-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.int-res.com/abstracts/aei/v7/n2/p179-192/https://doaj.org/toc/1869-215Xhttps://doaj.org/toc/1869-7534Aquaculture is globally the fastest growing sector of agriculture that needs to be sustainable and must also meet bioeconomic demands. In principle, aquaponics, the combination of aquaculture and horticulture within a single recirculating aquaponic system (SRAPS), provides a sustainable approach; however, it has lower productivity of both fish and plants in comparison to separate recirculating systems. The aim of our new concept for aquaponics is to improve sustainability and productivity concomitant with lowering environmental emissions. The aquaponic system for (nearly) emission free tomato and fish production in greenhouses (ASTAF-PRO) is a new combination of systemic parts, consisting of 2 independent recirculating units: an aquaculture system (RAS) for fish and a hydroponic unit for plants. Both systems are connected by a 1-way valve to deliver fish water containing nutrients into the hydroponic reservoir, where the fish water can be optimized as fertilizer in order to meet specific demands of the plant species. Thus, our double recirculation aquaponic system (DRAPS) can provide optimum conditions for both parts to increase productivity and to prevent any adverse interactions between plant and fish units. Water use is minimized by condensing the plant evapo-transpired water via air conditioning and returning it into the RAS. Testing of the ASTAF-PRO prototype successfully demonstrated the principle using a combination of tilapia and tomato production. Tilapia productivity was similar to single RAS, while tomato production at least indicated the potential for similar efficiency to conventional hydroponics. Thus, ASTAF-PRO improves sustainability and productivity while lowering environmental emissions, and might promote future application of aquaponics for food security.W KloasR GroßD BaganzJ GraupnerH MonseesU SchmidtG StaaksJ SuhlM TschirnerB WittstockS WuertzA ZikovaB RennertInter-ResearcharticleAquaculture. Fisheries. AnglingSH1-691EcologyQH540-549.5ENAquaculture Environment Interactions, Vol 7, Iss 2, Pp 179-192 (2015)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling
SH1-691
Ecology
QH540-549.5
spellingShingle Aquaculture. Fisheries. Angling
SH1-691
Ecology
QH540-549.5
W Kloas
R Groß
D Baganz
J Graupner
H Monsees
U Schmidt
G Staaks
J Suhl
M Tschirner
B Wittstock
S Wuertz
A Zikova
B Rennert
A new concept for aquaponic systems to improve sustainability, increase productivity, and reduce environmental impacts
description Aquaculture is globally the fastest growing sector of agriculture that needs to be sustainable and must also meet bioeconomic demands. In principle, aquaponics, the combination of aquaculture and horticulture within a single recirculating aquaponic system (SRAPS), provides a sustainable approach; however, it has lower productivity of both fish and plants in comparison to separate recirculating systems. The aim of our new concept for aquaponics is to improve sustainability and productivity concomitant with lowering environmental emissions. The aquaponic system for (nearly) emission free tomato and fish production in greenhouses (ASTAF-PRO) is a new combination of systemic parts, consisting of 2 independent recirculating units: an aquaculture system (RAS) for fish and a hydroponic unit for plants. Both systems are connected by a 1-way valve to deliver fish water containing nutrients into the hydroponic reservoir, where the fish water can be optimized as fertilizer in order to meet specific demands of the plant species. Thus, our double recirculation aquaponic system (DRAPS) can provide optimum conditions for both parts to increase productivity and to prevent any adverse interactions between plant and fish units. Water use is minimized by condensing the plant evapo-transpired water via air conditioning and returning it into the RAS. Testing of the ASTAF-PRO prototype successfully demonstrated the principle using a combination of tilapia and tomato production. Tilapia productivity was similar to single RAS, while tomato production at least indicated the potential for similar efficiency to conventional hydroponics. Thus, ASTAF-PRO improves sustainability and productivity while lowering environmental emissions, and might promote future application of aquaponics for food security.
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author W Kloas
R Groß
D Baganz
J Graupner
H Monsees
U Schmidt
G Staaks
J Suhl
M Tschirner
B Wittstock
S Wuertz
A Zikova
B Rennert
author_facet W Kloas
R Groß
D Baganz
J Graupner
H Monsees
U Schmidt
G Staaks
J Suhl
M Tschirner
B Wittstock
S Wuertz
A Zikova
B Rennert
author_sort W Kloas
title A new concept for aquaponic systems to improve sustainability, increase productivity, and reduce environmental impacts
title_short A new concept for aquaponic systems to improve sustainability, increase productivity, and reduce environmental impacts
title_full A new concept for aquaponic systems to improve sustainability, increase productivity, and reduce environmental impacts
title_fullStr A new concept for aquaponic systems to improve sustainability, increase productivity, and reduce environmental impacts
title_full_unstemmed A new concept for aquaponic systems to improve sustainability, increase productivity, and reduce environmental impacts
title_sort new concept for aquaponic systems to improve sustainability, increase productivity, and reduce environmental impacts
publisher Inter-Research
publishDate 2015
url https://doaj.org/article/81d1861f3394435994fdbd3f994ca5b0
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