Description
Book SynopsisThis open access book, written by world experts in aquaponics and related technologies, provides the authoritative and comprehensive overview of the key aquaculture and hydroponic and other integrated systems, socio-economic and environmental aspects. Aquaponic systems, which combine aquaculture and vegetable food production offer alternative technology solutions for a world that is increasingly under stress through population growth, urbanisation, water shortages, land and soil degradation, environmental pollution, world hunger and climate change.
Trade Review“This book is a really good and important source of information for professionals, decision-makers, and even those who are just interested in this novel, or, being more precise, re-invented method of sustainable food production.” (Laszlo Stündl, Ecocycles, Vol. 5 (1), 2019)
Table of ContentsPART 1: FRAMEWORK CONDITIONS IN A RESOURCE LIMITED WORLD
1: Aquaponics and Global Food Challenges
2: Aquaponics: closing the cycle on limited water, land and nutrient resources
3: Recirculating Aquaculture Technology
4: Hydroponic Technology
PART 2: SPECIFIC AQUAPONIC TECHNOLOGY
5: Aquaponics: The Basics
6: Bacterial Relationships in Aquaponics: New Research Directions
7: Coupled Aquaponic Systems
8: Decoupled Aquaponic Systems
9: Nutrient Cycling
10: Aerobic & Anaerobic Treatments for Aquaponic Sludge Reduction and Mineralisation
11: Systems Modelling
12: Aquaponics: Alternative Types and Approaches
PART 3: PERSPECTIVE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
13: Fish Diets in Aquaponics
14: Plant Pathogens and Control Strategies in Aquaponics
15: Smarthoods: Aquaponics Integrated Microgrids
16: Aquaponics for the Anthropocene: Towards a 'sustainable first' Agenda
PART 4: MANAGEMENT & MARKETING
17: Insight into Risk in Aquatic Animal Health in Aquaponics
18: Commercial Aquaponics - A Long Road Ahead
19: Aquaponics: The Ugly Duckling in Organic Regulation
20: Regulatory Frameworks for Aquaponics within the EU
21: Aquaponics in the Built Environment
PART 5: AQUAPONICS AND EDUCATION
22: Aquaponics as an Educational Tool
23: Opportunities and challenges in using aquaponics among young people at school - a Danish perspective
24: Aquaponics and Social Enterprise
