@article{fdi:010058863,
  title = {{A}n integrated fish-plankton aquaculture system in brackish water},
  author = {{G}illes, {S}ylvain and {F}argier, {L}. and {L}azzaro, {X}avier and {B}aras, {E}tienne and {D}e {W}ilde, {N}. and {D}rakides, {C}. and {A}miel, {C}. and {R}ispal, {B}. and {B}lancheton, {J}. {P}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{I}ntegrated {M}ulti-{T}rophic {A}quaculture takes advantage of the mutualism between some detritivorous fish and phytoplankton. {T}he fish recycle nutrients by consuming live (and dead) algae and provide the inorganic carbon to fuel the growth of live algae. {I}n the meanwhile, algae purify the water and generate the oxygen required by fishes. {S}uch mechanism stabilizes the functioning of an artificially recycling ecosystem, as exemplified by combining the euryhaline tilapia {S}arotherodon melanotheron heudelotii and the unicellular alga {C}hlorella sp. {F}eed addition in this ecosystem results in faster fish growth but also in an increase in phytoplankton biomass, which must be limited. {I}n the prototype described here, the algal population control is exerted by herbivorous zooplankton growing in a separate pond connected in parallel to the fish-algae ecosystem. {T}he zooplankton production is then consumed by tilapia, particularly by the fry and juveniles, when water is returned to the main circuit. {C}hlorella sp. and {B}rachionus plicatilis are two planktonic species that have spontaneously colonized the brackish water of the prototype, which was set-up in {S}enegal along the {A}tlantic {O}cean shoreline. {I}n our system, water was entirely recycled and only evaporation was compensated (1.5% volume/day). {S}ediment, which accumulated in the zooplankton pond, was the only trophic cul-de-sac. {T}he system was temporarily destabilized following an accidental rotifer invasion in the main circuit. {T}his caused {C}hlorella disappearance and replacement by opportunist algae, not consumed by {B}rachionus. {F}ollowing the entire consumption of the {B}rachionus population by tilapias, {C}hlorella predominated again. {O}ur artificial ecosystem combining {S}. m. heudelotii, {C}hlorella and {B}. plicatilis thus appeared to be resilient. {T}his farming system was operated over one year with a fish productivity of 1.85 kg/m(2) per year during the cold season ({J}anuary to {A}pril).},
  keywords = {{IMTA} ; tilapia ; {C}hlorella ; {B}rachionus plicatilis ; photosynthetic ; recycling aquaculture system ; {SENEGAL}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{A}nimal},
  volume = {7},
  numero = {2},
  pages = {322--329},
  ISSN = {1751-7311},
  year = {2013},
  DOI = {10.1017/s1751731112001279},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010058863},
}