Transforming sustainable aquaculture by applying circularity principles

K Chary, AJ van Riel, A Muscat, A Wilfart… - Reviews in …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
A circular economy is considered one way to reduce environmental impacts of human
activities, by more efficient use of resources and recovery, resulting in less waste and …

Emergy-based evaluation of ecosystem services: Progress and perspectives

C Zhang, B Su, M Beckmann, M Volk - Renewable and Sustainable Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
This review investigates the potential of the emergy analysis (EMA) as a new perspective
and approach to the worldwide used ecosystem services (ESs) framework to quantify and …

[HTML][HTML] Sustainability of urban aquaponics farms: An emergy point of view

LH David, SM Pinho, F Agostinho, JI Costa… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2022 - Elsevier
Aquaponics is a food production system that aims higher sustainability by integrating
advantages gained from aquaculture and hydroponic production. Aquaponics aims to mimic …

Insect-based fish feed in decoupled aquaponic systems: Effect on lettuce production and resource use

S Pinho, MM Leal, C Shaw, D Baganz, G Baganz… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
The utilisation of insect meal-based fish feed as a substitute for conventional fish meal-
based fish feed is considered as a promising innovative alternative to boost circularity in …

FLOCponics: The integration of biofloc technology with plant production

SM Pinho, JP de Lima, LH David… - Reviews in …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
FLOCponics is an alternative type of aquaponics that integrates biofloc technology (BFT)
with soilless plant production. The aims of this paper are to present a detailed overview of …

Emergy ecological footprint method considering uncertainty and its application in evaluating marine ranching resources and environmental carrying capacity

YW Du, YC Wang, WS Li - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2022 - Elsevier
The emergy ecological footprint method is an effective tool to evaluate resources and
environmental carrying capacity (RECC) given its advantages of objectivity and ease of …

Fish parasites and heavy metals relationship in wild and cultivated fish as potential health risk assessment in Egypt

M Radwan, MMM Abbas, MAM Afifi… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Despite wide studies of biomonitoring aquatic environment through dynamics of host–
parasite interaction, bio-indicators to track the influence and accumulation of heavy metals …

Evaluation of resources and environmental carrying capacity of marine ranching in China: An integrated life cycle assessment-emergy analysis

YC Wang, YW Du - Science of the Total Environment, 2023 - Elsevier
Resources and environmental carrying capacity (RECC) describes the ability of a system to
achieve healthy and sustainable development. Various marine ranching enterprises have …

The sustainability of shrimp aquaculture: An emergy-based case study in the Gulf of Guayaquil thirty years later

AM Viera-Romero, SAW Diemont, TL Selfa… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2024 - Elsevier
As farmers increase production levels and expand their ponds, the aim of this research is to
employ the emergy accounting methodology to assess the sustainability of Ecuadorean …

Investigating potential ecological benefits from mariculture

C Liu, G Liu, S Cristiano, S Ulgiati, L Xu… - Earth's Future, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Mariculture has been gradually regarded as an important solution to the global food
production crisis. Increasing scientific evidence reveals that mariculture can provide a large …