Phytoremediation for nutrient removal in an environmentally friendly floating cage system: a field experiment

Aquaculture is one of the efforts to optimize the utilization of water bodies. Aquaculture using floating net cages is detrimental to water, namely causing pollution from uneaten feed and fish excretion. Water quality would be degraded due to eutrophication, oxygen depletion, and uncontrolled growth...

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Main Authors: Astuti, Lismining Pujiyani, Warsa, Andri, Sentosa, Agus Arifin, Tjahjo, Didik Wahju Hendro, Sembiring, Tarzan
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Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2023
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author Astuti, Lismining Pujiyani
Warsa, Andri
Sentosa, Agus Arifin
Tjahjo, Didik Wahju Hendro
Sembiring, Tarzan
author_facet Astuti, Lismining Pujiyani
Warsa, Andri
Sentosa, Agus Arifin
Tjahjo, Didik Wahju Hendro
Sembiring, Tarzan
author_sort Astuti, Lismining Pujiyani
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description Aquaculture is one of the efforts to optimize the utilization of water bodies. Aquaculture using floating net cages is detrimental to water, namely causing pollution from uneaten feed and fish excretion. Water quality would be degraded due to eutrophication, oxygen depletion, and uncontrolled growth of algae and aquatic plants. High concentrations of nitrogen and phosphorus mainly trigger water quality degradation and eutrophication. To reduce the negative impact of aquaculture activities in floating net cages in reservoir/lake waters, an environmentally friendly cage technology that is low waste is needed. The technology offered is a loop bio-phytoremediation system equipped with floating net cages, a water management system with recirculation, and plants. The floating net cage used is a double net where the upper net consists of two nets and a bottom net. The upper net is used for rearing carp fish, and the bottom net for tilapia. The plants used as phytoremediation agents were water spinach and vetiver grass. Moreover, the physical filter used for processed water before recirculating to the waterbody in the FNC consists of sand, palm fiber, and limestone layers. The results showed that the effectiveness of nutrient removal on water spinach hydroponic (HRT=15 h), vetiver grass wetland (HRT=36 h), and physical filters (HRT=2,4 h) in reducing nitrate was 83%, 86%, and 67%, respectively; maximal reduction of the organic matter reached 94%, 96%, and 96%, respectively; as well as the highest reduction in total phosphorus was 78%, 89%, and 82%, respectively.
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spelling oai:generic.eprints.org:232992024-04-01T04:40:27Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/23299/ Phytoremediation for nutrient removal in an environmentally friendly floating cage system: a field experiment Astuti, Lismining Pujiyani Warsa, Andri Sentosa, Agus Arifin Tjahjo, Didik Wahju Hendro Sembiring, Tarzan Aquaculture is one of the efforts to optimize the utilization of water bodies. Aquaculture using floating net cages is detrimental to water, namely causing pollution from uneaten feed and fish excretion. Water quality would be degraded due to eutrophication, oxygen depletion, and uncontrolled growth of algae and aquatic plants. High concentrations of nitrogen and phosphorus mainly trigger water quality degradation and eutrophication. To reduce the negative impact of aquaculture activities in floating net cages in reservoir/lake waters, an environmentally friendly cage technology that is low waste is needed. The technology offered is a loop bio-phytoremediation system equipped with floating net cages, a water management system with recirculation, and plants. The floating net cage used is a double net where the upper net consists of two nets and a bottom net. The upper net is used for rearing carp fish, and the bottom net for tilapia. The plants used as phytoremediation agents were water spinach and vetiver grass. Moreover, the physical filter used for processed water before recirculating to the waterbody in the FNC consists of sand, palm fiber, and limestone layers. The results showed that the effectiveness of nutrient removal on water spinach hydroponic (HRT=15 h), vetiver grass wetland (HRT=36 h), and physical filters (HRT=2,4 h) in reducing nitrate was 83%, 86%, and 67%, respectively; maximal reduction of the organic matter reached 94%, 96%, and 96%, respectively; as well as the highest reduction in total phosphorus was 78%, 89%, and 82%, respectively. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2023 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/23299/1/SS%203.pdf Astuti, Lismining Pujiyani and Warsa, Andri and Sentosa, Agus Arifin and Tjahjo, Didik Wahju Hendro and Sembiring, Tarzan (2023) Phytoremediation for nutrient removal in an environmentally friendly floating cage system: a field experiment. Sains Malaysiana, 52 (10). pp. 2761-2772. ISSN 0126-6039 https://www.ukm.my/jsm/english_journals/vol52num10_2023/contentsVol52num10_2023.html
spellingShingle Astuti, Lismining Pujiyani
Warsa, Andri
Sentosa, Agus Arifin
Tjahjo, Didik Wahju Hendro
Sembiring, Tarzan
Phytoremediation for nutrient removal in an environmentally friendly floating cage system: a field experiment
title Phytoremediation for nutrient removal in an environmentally friendly floating cage system: a field experiment
title_full Phytoremediation for nutrient removal in an environmentally friendly floating cage system: a field experiment
title_fullStr Phytoremediation for nutrient removal in an environmentally friendly floating cage system: a field experiment
title_full_unstemmed Phytoremediation for nutrient removal in an environmentally friendly floating cage system: a field experiment
title_short Phytoremediation for nutrient removal in an environmentally friendly floating cage system: a field experiment
title_sort phytoremediation for nutrient removal in an environmentally friendly floating cage system: a field experiment
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/23299/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/23299/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/23299/1/SS%203.pdf