Increasing economic and environmental benefits of media-based aquaponics through optimizing aeration pattern

Sustainable Seafood and Vegetable Production: Aquaponics as a Potential Opportunity in Urban Areas

“…With respect to the species of seafood considered, in aquaponic studies tilapia, carp, and rainbow trout are the 3 most studied species (Hollmann 2013;Hindelang et al 2014;Love et al 2015;Xie and Rosentrater 2015;Boxman et al 2017;Fang et al 2017;Cohen et al 2018;Maucieri et al 2018;Silva et al 2018). With respect to the species of seafood considered, in aquaponic studies tilapia, carp, and rainbow trout are the 3 most studied species (Hollmann 2013;Hindelang et al 2014;Love et al 2015;Xie and Rosentrater 2015;Boxman et al 2017;Fang et al 2017;Cohen et al 2018;Maucieri et al 2018;Silva et al 2018).…”

“…With respect to the species of seafood considered, in aquaponic studies tilapia, carp, and rainbow trout are the 3 most studied species (Hollmann 2013;Hindelang et al 2014;Love et al 2015;Xie and Rosentrater 2015;Boxman et al 2017;Fang et al 2017;Cohen et al 2018;Maucieri et al 2018;Silva et al 2018). Leafy greens have been the predominantly studied product in aquaponic production (such as basil, lettuce, pak choi, and kale) (Hirschfeld et al 2008;Xie and Rosentrater 2015;Delaide et al 2016;Boxman et al 2017;Fang et al 2017;Forchino et al 2017;Cohen et al 2018;Maucieri et al 2018;Silva et al 2018), although more exotic crops such as tomatoes have also been studied (Hindelang et al 2014;Love et al 2015;Schmautz et al 2017). This ranges from allocating the total environmental impacts to fish (Boxman et al 2017), vegetables (Forchino et al 2017), combined mass produced (Hindelang et al 2014), and time period of operation (Fang et al 2017;Silva et al 2018).…”

“…The current body of literature for LCAs of aquaponic seafood production is somewhat limited. With respect to the species of seafood considered, in aquaponic studies tilapia, carp, and rainbow trout are the 3 most studied species (Hollmann 2013;Hindelang et al 2014;Love et al 2015;Xie and Rosentrater 2015;Boxman et al 2017;Fang et al 2017;Cohen et al 2018;Maucieri et al 2018;Silva et al 2018). With respect to aquaponics, multiple products are generated, including both plants and seafood, and the allocation of the environmental impacts in literature is inconsistent.…”

“…With respect to aquaponics, multiple products are generated, including both plants and seafood, and the allocation of the environmental impacts in literature is inconsistent. This ranges from allocating the total environmental impacts to fish (Boxman et al 2017), vegetables (Forchino et al 2017), combined mass produced (Hindelang et al 2014), and time period of operation (Fang et al 2017;Silva et al 2018). These inconsistent allocation methods and functional units make it challenging to compare the relative environmental impacts of food produced in these systems.…”

“…These inconsistent allocation methods and functional units make it challenging to compare the relative environmental impacts of food produced in these systems. Leafy greens have been the predominantly studied product in aquaponic production (such as basil, lettuce, pak choi, and kale) (Hirschfeld et al 2008;Xie and Rosentrater 2015;Delaide et al 2016;Boxman et al 2017;Fang et al 2017;Forchino et al 2017;Cohen et al 2018;Maucieri et al 2018;Silva et al 2018), although more exotic crops such as tomatoes have also been studied (Hindelang et al 2014;Love et al 2015;Schmautz et al 2017). This relatively few diversity of seafood and produce species studied limits the quantity and quality of insights that may be drawn.…”