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PT J
TI Mitigation of sea level rise effects by addition of sediment to shrimp ponds
BT 
AF DELLA PATRONA, Luc
   BELIAEFF, Benoit
   PICKERING, T.
AS 1:1;2:1;3:2;
FF 1:PDG-RBE-LEADNC;2:PDG-RBE;3:;
C1 IFREMER, Lagons Ecosyst & Aquaculture Durable LEAD NC, Noumea 98846, New Caledonia.
   SPC, Aquaculture Sect, Suva, Fiji.
C2 IFREMER, FRANCE
   SPC, FIJI
SI SAINT VINCENT
   NANTES
SE PDG-RBE-LEADNC
   PDG-RBE
IN WOS Ifremer jusqu'en 2018
   copubli-int-hors-europe
   copubli-sud
IF 2.188
TC 3
UR https://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00069/18030/15570.pdf
LA English
DT Article
DE ;Climate change;Sea-level rise;Shrimp pond;Sediment enhancement;Biogeochemistry;Infaunal assemblages;New Caledonia
AB In New Caledonia barren salt-pans located landward to mangroves are used for the construction of shrimp ponds. The existing farms are jeopardized by the projected rise in the sea level, because the landward boundaries of ponds are situated at the elevation reached by spring tides. One low-cost strategy for mitigating the effects of sea level rise is to raise the level of the bottom of ponds. To test the effectiveness of such an adaptation, we built 4 experimental ponds in the low-lying zone of an existing 10 ha shrimp pond. The level of the bottom of 2 ponds was raised by adding about 15 cm of agricultural soil. Placing agricultural soil in the pond did not impair the functioning of the shrimp pond ecosystem. On the contrary, it resulted in unexpectedly better shrimp production in the 2 ponds with agricultural soils versus control ponds. We conclude that placing a layer of soil inside shrimp ponds is a promising strategy for maintaining the viability of shrimp ponds as the sea level rises.
PY 2011
PD SEP
SO Aquaculture Environment Interactions
SN 1869-215X
PU Inter-research
VL 2
IS 1
UT 000298303100003
BP 27
EP 38
DI 10.3354/aei00028
ID 18030
ER

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