Aquaculture and Fisheries Commons^™

The Use Of Marine Aquaculture Solid Waste For Nursery Production Of The Salt Marsh Plants Spartina Alterniflora And Juncus Roemerianus, Heather M. Joesting, Reginald B. Blaylock, Patrick Biber, Andrew Ray

Faculty Publications

Recent technological advances in marine shrimp and finfish aquaculture alleviate many of the environmental risks associated with traditional aquaculture, but challenges remain in cost-effective waste management. Liquid effluent from freshwater aquaculture systems has been shown to be effective in agricultural crop production (i.e., aquaponics), but few studies have explored the potential for reuse of marine aquaculture effluent, particularly the solid fraction. The purpose of this study was to investigate the use of marine aquaculture solid waste as a nutrient source for the nursery production of two salt tolerant plants commonly used in coastal salt marsh restoration, Spartina alterniflora (smooth cordgrass) …