Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Discuss the environmental impacts of aquaculture
- Nutrients
- reduction of essential nutrients
- reduced phytoplankton concentrations
- Accumulation of waste
- increased activity of benthic fauna
- smothering of light-dependent plants
- depletes oxygen supply
- Impacts of farming structures
- alters hydrodynamics of an area
- organic matter build
up
- detrimental impact on seagrass beds
- Sustainability is subject to individual factors
- area hydrology
- waste from cultured species
- Genetic shifts in wild populations due to species translocation
- Introduction of exotic pathogens and infection
- Fish are free from environmental contaminants
- Competition with native species and escapees
- Changes to environmental carrying capacity
- Hybridization between endemic and translocated species
- Chemical usage prevents accumuation of heavy metals in the environment