Integrated multitrophic aquaculture (IMTA) as an environmentally friendly system for sustainable aquaculture: functionality, species, and application of biofloc …

MH Khanjani, S Zahedi, A Mohammadi - Environmental Science and …, 2022 - Springer
Aquaculture is one of the fastest-growing industries in the world, and its prominent role has
been proven in supplying food for the growing world population. The expected growth of …

Is integrated multitrophic aquaculture the solution to the sectors' major challenges?–a review

L Granada, N Sousa, S Lopes… - Reviews in …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The growing demand for fish products and the dwindling productivity of marine fish stocks
due to the overexploitation of fisheries place the aquaculture industry as a key contributor to …

An innovative IMTA system: Polychaetes, sponges and macroalgae co-cultured in a Southern Italian in-shore mariculture plant (Ionian Sea)

A Giangrande, C Pierri, D Arduini, J Borghese… - Journal of Marine …, 2020 - mdpi.com
In this paper, we report data from the first year of rearing of a set of filter feeder bioremediator
organisms: macrobenthic invertebrates (sabellid polychaetes and sponges), coupled with …

[HTML][HTML] Environmental quality improvement of a mariculture plant after its conversion into a multi-trophic system

L Stabili, A Giangrande, D Arduini, J Borghese… - Science of The Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Integrated Multitrophic Aquaculture (IMTA) seems to be one of the best solutions for
sustainable aquaculture. Within the Remedia LIFE Project, an experimental IMTA plant was …

The evolution of integrated multi-trophic aquaculture in context of its design and components paving way to valorization via optimization and diversification

S Nissar, Y Bakhtiyar, MY Arafat, S Andrabi, ZA Mir… - Aquaculture, 2023 - Elsevier
The plummeting productivity of marine resources complemented by a growing demand for
fish and its products makes the intensification of aquaculture systems inevitable. Such …

The use of filter-feeders to manage disease in a changing world

CA Burge, CJ Closek, CS Friedman… - Integrative and …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Rapid environmental change is linked to increases in aquatic disease heightening the need
to develop strategies to manage disease. Filter-feeding species are effective biofilters and …

Blockchain traceability in trading biomasses obtained with an Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture

A Mileti, D Arduini, G Watson, A Giangrande - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
This study explores the application and critical issues related to the implementation of
blockchain technology (BT) to the aquaculture sector, in order to understand the possibilities …

The development of sustainable saltwater-based food production systems: a review of established and novel concepts

D Gunning, J Maguire, G Burnell - Water, 2016 - mdpi.com
The demand for seafood products on the global market is rising, particularly in Asia, as
affluence and appreciation of the health benefits of seafood increase. This is coupled with a …

[HTML][HTML] Particle uptake by filter-feeding macrofoulers from the Mar Grande of Taranto (Mediterranean Sea, Italy): potential as microplastic pollution bioremediators

S Fraissinet, D Arduini, O Vidal, A Pennetta… - Marine Pollution …, 2023 - Elsevier
Microplastics (MPs) are a serious threat to the marine environment affecting ecosystem
functioning and biodiversity. There is a vast literature about the uptake of MPs at different …

Integrated Multitrophic Aquaculture By-Products with Added Value: The Polychaete Sabella spallanzanii and the Seaweed Chaetomorpha linum as Potential Dietary …

L Stabili, E Cecere, M Licciano, A Petrocelli, B Sicuro… - Marine drugs, 2019 - mdpi.com
Aquaculture expansion is limited by the negative environmental impact of the waste and the
need for alternative sources in the diet of reared fish. In this framework, for the first time, the …