Is halophyte species growing in the vicinity of the shrimp ponds a promising agri-aquaculture system for shrimp ponds remediation in New Caledonia?

Type Article
Date 2022-04
Language English
Author(s) Colette Marie1, 2, Guentas Linda2, Gunkel-Grillon Peggy2, Callac NolwennORCID1, Della Patrona Luc1
Affiliation(s) 1 : French Institute for Research in the Science of the Sea (IFREMER), Research Institute for Development (IRD), University of New Caledonia, University of Reunion, CNRS, UMR 9220 ENTROPIE, Noumea, New Caledonia
2 : Institute of Exact and Applied Sciences (ISEA), EA 7484, University of New Caledonia, 98851 Noumea, New Caledonia
Source Marine Pollution Bulletin (0025-326X) (Elsevier BV), 2022-04 , Vol. 177 , P. 113563 (13p.)
DOI 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2022.113563
WOS© Times Cited 6
Keyword(s) Nutrient recycling, Aquaculture waste, Isotope ecology, Halophytes, Shrimp farming
Abstract

Plant culture integration within aquaculture activities is a topic of recent interest with economic and environmental benefits. Shrimp farming activities generate nutrient-rich waste trapped in the sediments of farming ponds or release in the mangrove area. Thus, we investigate if the halophytes species naturally growing around the pond can use nitrogen and carbon from shrimp farming for remediation purposes. Halophyte biomasses and sediments influenced by shrimp farm effluents, were collected in two farms in New-Caledonia. All samples were analyzed for their C and N stable isotopic composition and N content. Higher δ15N values were found in plants influenced by shrimp farm water thus evidenced their abilities to take nutrient derived from shrimp farming. Deep root species Chenopodium murale, Atriplex jubata, Suaeda australis and Enchylaena tomentosa appears more efficient for shrimp pond remediation. This work demonstrates that halophytes cultivation in shrimp ponds with sediments, could be effective for the pond's remediation.

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