@article{fdi:010088620, title = {{T}he potential of floating macrophytes as feed and phytoremediation resources to improve the environmental performance of giant gourami production in {I}ndonesia : a life cycle assessment}, author = {{P}ouil, {S}. and {S}lembrouck, {J}acques and {W}ilfart, {A}. and {C}aruso, {D}omenico and {A}rifin, {O}. {Z}. and {F}avalier, {N}. and {S}amsudin, {R}. and {K}ristanto, {A}. {H}. and {A}ubin, {J}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{O}ver the past few decades, {I}ndonesian freshwater aquaculture has intensified, raising many issues on the associated environmental impacts. {I}n this study, a life cycle assessment ({LCA}) was used to assess the environ-mental performance of {I}ndonesian giant gourami ({O}sphronemus goramy) aquaculture. {W}e compared two con-trasting fish production systems: a traditional monoculture ({M}o{C}) or a co-culture with the macrophyte {A}zolla filiculoides used as feed alternative to compounded pellets ({C}o{C}). {S}even impact categories were considered: climate change, eutrophication, cumulative energy demand, land occupation, acidification, net primary pro-duction use ({NPPU}) and water dependence. {T}he potential impacts were calculated in terms of 1 kg of fish produced by the systems and were also expressed in terms of surface area (m2 of the farm). {M}onte {C}arlo analysis was carried out to evaluate uncertainties in the assessed impacts based on data uncertainties for the systems. {R}esults highlighted notable differences between the two production systems. {C}o{C} led to less impact relative to climate change, eutrophication and {NPPU} per kg of fish produced. {T}hese differences were even greater when reporting the impacts per surface area. {N}onetheless, the main contributors of the seven impact categories remained constant between the two production systems ({C}o{C} and {M}o{C}). {O}verall, our findings suggested that using floating macrophytes as alternative feed resources, even in relatively low proportions, can improve the environmental performance of giant gourami production.}, keywords = {{A}groecology ; {A}sia ; {A}quaculture ; {F}reshwater ; {LCA} ; {INDONESIE}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{A}quaculture}, volume = {579}, numero = {}, pages = {740181 [14 ]}, ISSN = {0044-8486}, year = {2024}, DOI = {10.1016/j.aquaculture.2023.740181}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010088620}, }