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- Title
Effects of portable solar water quality control machines on aquaculture ponds.
- Authors
Liu, Xingguo; Xu, Hao; Cheng, Guofeng; Liu, Chong; Liu, Shijing; Lu, Shimin; Tian, Changfeng; Tang, Rong; Gu, Zhaojun
- Abstract
The effects of a portable solar water quality control machine (PSWM) on water quality and sediment of aquaculture ponds were studied in bream aquaculture ponds in Shanghai, China. PSWM operation reduced the temperature and dissolved oxygen (DO) differences between upper and lower water levels. Concentrations of NH -N, NO -N, TN, TP, COD and TSS increased rapidly and reached maximums at 12 h. The density and biomass of phytoplankton and levels of chlorophyll a reached maximums after 40 h of PSWM operation. In a 165-day study, the mean concentrations of NH -N, NO -N and the available phosphorous (AP) in the PSWM ponds were significantly lower than in the control ponds, but the TP was significantly greater than the control ponds. Compared with the test began, the thickness of the sediment in PSWM ponds declined by 12.4 ± 4.3 cm, the control ponds increased by 5.0 ± 2.3 cm and the TN and AP levels in sediment significantly declined. PSWM treatment increased the production of bream and silver carp by 30 and 25%, respectively, and the feed coefficient was reduced by 24.2%. Use of PSWM in bream aquaculture ponds improved water quality, reduced sediment, reduced aquaculture pollution emissions and increased production.
- Subjects
SOLAR water heaters; WATER quality; POND aquaculture; SEDIMENT transport; DISSOLVED oxygen in water
- Publication
Environmental Science & Pollution Research, 2017, Vol 24, Issue 4, p4040
- ISSN
0944-1344
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11356-016-8144-5