《Effect of Hydraulic Loading Rate on the Efficiency of Effluent Treatment in a Recirculating Puffer Aquaculture System Coupled with Constructed Wetlands》.pdfVIP

J. Ocean Univ. China (Oceanic and Coastal Sea Research) DOI 10.1007/s11802-014-2000-3 ISSN 1672-5182, 2014 13 (1): 146-152 /xbywb/ E-mail:xbywb@ Effect of Hydraulic Loading Rate on the Efficiency of Effluent Treatment in a Recirculating Puffer Aquaculture System Coupled with Constructed Wetlands * XU Jiabo, SHI Yonghai , ZHANG Genyu, LIU Jianzhong, and ZHU Yazhu Shanghai Fisheries Research Institute, Shanghai Fisheries Technical Extension Station, Shanghai 200433, P. R. China (Received April 3, 2012; revised June 15, 2013; accepted June 11, 2013) © Ocean University of China, Science Press and Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014 Abstract Constructed wetlands (CWs) were integrated into an indoor recirculating aquaculture system of obscure puffer (Takifugu obscurus) for effluent treatment. The effect of hydraulic loading rate (HLR) on the efficiency of effluent treatment by CWs was ex- amined for over a month. The CWs were operated under brackish conditions (salinity 7.4–7.6) at 3 different HLRs (0.762, 0.633, and 0.458 m d–1) 3 times, 10 days each. Overall, the CWs exhibited high efficiency in removal of total ammonium nitrogen (by 81.03–92.81%) and nitrite nitrogen (by 99.40%–99.68%). The efficiency of CWs in removal of total ammonium nitrogen, nitrate nitrogen, total Kjeldahl nitrogen, total phosphorous, and total suspended solids (TSS) increased with the decrease of HLR. The CWs operated at the 3 HLRs in a decreasing trend proves to be effective, providing a useful method for effluent treatment in commercial puffer aquaculture systems. Key words constructed wetland; recirculating aquaculture system; puffer aquaculture; brackish water; hydraulic loading rate residence time (HRT) on the performance of CWs in treat- 1 Introduction