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Aquaponics nomenclature matters: It is about principles and technologies and not as much about coupling
Autor: Palm, HW; Knaus, U; Kotzen, B
In:
Reviews in Aquaculture
Bandangabe: 16
Auflage: 16
Gesamttitelundnr1: Aquaponics nomenclature matters: It is about principles and technologies and not as much about coupling
ISBN: 17535123
Seite: 473 - 490
Jahr: 2024
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Institut: Professur Aquakultur und Sea-Ranching
Abstract:
The food production system ‘aquaponics’ has moved a long way from its inceptionsin the 1970s and 1980s. This paper suggests that it is the principle of aquaponics thatshould define what aquaponics is and then the rest follows according to systems andtechnologies. This paper supports the Palm et al. (Aquac Int. 2018;26(3):813–42)position of having a nutrient supply threshold (>50%) from the feed via the aquaticorganisms to the plants. We test the most recent alternative definitions (e.g. Baganzet al. Rev Aquac. 2021;14:252–64) that overcomplicate existing definitions andnomenclature. Any new definition needs to be referential to existing terms and prop-erly tested. This paper does exactly that, concluding that several recent changes byBaganz et al. (Rev Aquac. 2021;14:252–64) are not needed. We also debate that thekey principle behind aquaponics is ‘all about coupling’. Whilst coupling is an importantaspect, existing technologies and those that will emerge are far more complex.Finally, this paper highlights the idiosyncrasies in the term aquaponics and we sug-gest an alternative term ‘aquaorganoponics’, which in essence better describes theprinciples of aquaponics (s.s.) which transfers natural organic compounds combinedwith microbes in water from the aquaculture unit to the plants. Ansprechpartner Weitere Information im WWW
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