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Carrying and assimilative capacities: the ACExR‐LESV model for sea‐loch aquaculture
Author(s) -
Tett Paul,
Portilla Enrique,
Gillibrand Phillip A,
Inall Mark
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
aquaculture research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.646
H-Index - 89
eISSN - 1365-2109
pISSN - 1355-557X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2109.2010.02729.x
Subject(s) - dpsir , fjord , biology , aquaculture , fishery , water quality , estimation , harbour , agriculture , ecology , fish <actinopterygii> , oceanography , engineering , systems engineering , computer science , programming language , geology
This paper introduces a DPSIR framework for the estimation of the aquacultural carrying and waste‐assimilating capacities of fjordic water bodies. The ACExR‐LESV physical–biological model, intended as a water quality management support tool by simulating pressure–impact relationships, is described in outline. Results of testing in a typical Scottish fjord are reported, and the estimation of a loch's capacity to assimilate waste from finfish farming is exemplified.