Carrying capacity encompasses a broad collection of approaches used to better understand
biotic interactions in ecosystems and is often applied with no explicit regard to its historical …

Carrying capacity has become a fundamental concept within the context of environmental
management. Carrying capacity for aquaculture has been studied since the 1960s and has …

A fundamental knowledge of bivalve feeding behavior is a minimum requirement for
understanding how aquaculture interacts with the surrounding ecosystem. The potential …

In the context of aquaculture, carrying capacity is generally understood as the standing stock
of a particular species at which production is maximised without negatively affecting growth …

The Farm Aquaculture Resource Management (FARM) model has been applied to several
shellfish species and aquaculture types. The performance of the FARM model, developed to …

Coastal embayments are at risk of impacts by climate change drivers such as ocean
warming, sea level rise and alteration in precipitation regimes. The response of the …

Bioaccumulation of metal within an organism results from interactions between physiological
factors (growth, weight loss, absorption and accumulation), chemical factors (metal …

Shellfish aquaculture implies the placement of artificial structures in the coastal environment
and the alteration of natural bivalve populations, which calls for the establishment of …

The success of shellfish aquaculture as well as its sustainability relies on adjusting the
cultured biomass to local ecosystem characteristics. Oyster filter-feeding activity can control …

Sungo Bay (China) has a mean depth of 10 m, a total area of 140 km 2 and is occupied by
several types of aquaculture, whilst opening to the ocean. The production of scallops …