Toward the Development of Integrated Oyster-Algae Aquaculture in the Chesapeake Bay

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dc.contributor.advisorKangas, Patrick Cen_US
dc.contributor.authorRay, Nicholasen_US
dc.contributor.departmentEnvironmental Science and Technologyen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-06-26T05:46:00Z
dc.date.available2014-06-26T05:46:00Z
dc.date.issued2014en_US
dc.description.abstractOyster aquaculture is a rapidly expanding industry in the Chesapeake Bay. Experiments were conducted to investigate the biogeochemical impact of a commercial oyster aquaculture facility on downstream waters at a facility on Maryland's Eastern Shore. An algal production system (ATS) was installed at the facility to assess the potential for bioremediation and algal production in an integrated multi-trophic aquaculture system (IMTA). Results of the experiments showed an increase in available ammonia downstream of the aquaculture facility, coupled with decreases in dissolved oxygen and total phytoplankton. The algal production system demonstrated an average productivity rate of 82.8 g/m2*day-1, a nitrogen (N) removal rate of 9.6 gN/m2*day-1, a phosphorus (P) removal rate of 0.20 gP/m2*day-1, and harvests consisted of an average of 7.8% organic content. Productivity and N and P removal rates from this study are higher than other systems tested in the Chesapeake Bay region at sites without an aquaculture facility.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/15498
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEnvironmental scienceen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledFisheries and aquatic sciencesen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledAlgaeen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledAlgal Turf Scrubberen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledAquacultureen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledIntegrated Multi-Trophic Aquacultureen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledNitrogenen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledOysteren_US
dc.titleToward the Development of Integrated Oyster-Algae Aquaculture in the Chesapeake Bayen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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