Shellfish Aquaculture and the Environment

Informationen zum Autor Sandra E. Shumway is a Research Professor in the Department of Marine Sciences, University of Connecticut. Klappentext Shellfish Aquaculture and the Environment focuses primarily on the issues surrounding environmental sustainability of shellfish aquaculture. The chapters in this book provide readers with the most current data available on topics such as resource enhancement and habitat restoration. Shellfish Aquaculture and the Environment is also an invaluable resource for those looking to develop and implement environmental best management practices. Edited one of the world's leading shellfish researchers and with contributions from around the world, Shellfish Aquaculture and the Environment is the definitive source of information for this increasingly important topic.View the Executive Summary here:http://seagrant.uconn.edu/publications/aquaculture/execsumm.pdf Zusammenfassung * Focuses primarily on the issues surrounding environmental sustainability of shellfish aquaculture. * Provides key background on the parameters needed for new sitings and expansion of existing aquaculture operations, habitat management, and potential restoration. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Contributors xi Foreword xiii Preface xv 1 The role of shellfish farms in provision of ecosystem goods and services 3 João G. Ferreira, Anthony J.S. Hawkins, and Suzanne B. Bricker Introduction 3 Methods of study 6 Ecosystem goods: biomass production 13 Ecosystem services: environmental quality 17 Literature cited 26 2 Shellfish aquaculture and the environment: an industry perspective 33 William Dewey, Jonathan P. Davis, and Daniel C. Cheney Introduction 33 Shellfish farmers and harvesters history of water quality protection and stewardship roles 35 BMPs, the shellfish industry, and the role of available research 42 Conclusion 48 Literature cited 48 3 Molluscan shellfish aquaculture and best management practices 51 John A. Hargreaves Introduction 51 Ecosystem change and shellfish aquaculture 53 Classification of impacts 53 BMPs 54 Assurance labeling 64 Pressures to participate in certification programs 65 Perspectives on ecolabeling 67 Aquaculture certification programs 68 Critique of bivalve shellfish ecolabeling efforts in the United States 70 Criticisms of certification programs 73 Towards more meaningful labeling 75 Concluding remarks 77 Literature cited 78 4 Bivalve filter feeding: variability and limits of the aquaculture biofilter 81 Peter J. Cranford, J. Evan Ward, and Sandra E. Shumway Introduction 81 Constraints on maximum feeding activity 82 Shellfi sh feeding in nature 85 Emerging knowledge on ecosystem interactions with the bivalve biofilter 109 Conclusions 111 Literature cited 113 5 Trophic interactions between phytoplankton and bivalve aquaculture 125 Gary H. Wikfors The interdependence of bivalves and phytoplankton 125 Bivalve population density: farmed bivalves are naturally gregarious 127 Bivalves as consumers and cultivators of phytoplankton 127 Summary and prospects 130 Acknowledgments 131 Literature cited 131 6 The application of dynamic modeling to prediction of production carrying capacity in shellfish farming 135 Jon Grant and Ramón Filgueira Physical oceanographic models 139 Filtration and seston depletion 140 Single-box models 140 Higher-order models 142 Fully spatial models 143 Population-based models 145 Local models 146 Optimization 147 Application to management 14...

List of contents

List of Contributors xi
 
Foreword xiii
 
Preface xv
 
1 The role of shellfish farms in provision of ecosystem goods and services 3
João G. Ferreira, Anthony J.S. Hawkins, and Suzanne B. Bricker
 
Introduction 3
 
Methods of study 6
 
Ecosystem goods: biomass production 13
 
Ecosystem services: environmental quality 17
 
Literature cited 26
 
2 Shellfish aquaculture and the environment: an industry perspective 33
William Dewey, Jonathan P. Davis, and Daniel C. Cheney
 
Introduction 33
 
Shellfish farmers and harvesters history of water quality
 
protection and stewardship roles 35
 
BMPs, the shellfish industry, and the role of available research 42
 
Conclusion 48
 
Literature cited 48
 
3 Molluscan shellfish aquaculture and best management practices 51
John A. Hargreaves
 
Introduction 51
 
Ecosystem change and shellfish aquaculture 53
 
Classifi cation of impacts 53
 
BMPs 54
 
Assurance labeling 64
 
Pressures to participate in certifi cation programs 65
 
Perspectives on ecolabeling 67
 
Aquaculture certifi cation programs 68
 
Critique of bivalve shellfish ecolabeling efforts in the
 

United States 70
 
Criticisms of certifi cation programs 73
 
Towards more meaningful labeling 75
 
Concluding remarks 77
 
Literature cited 78
 
4 Bivalve filter feeding: variability and limits of the aquaculture biofilter 81
Peter J. Cranford, J. Evan Ward, and Sandra E. Shumway
 
Introduction 81
 
Constraints on maximum feeding activity 82
 
Shellfi sh feeding in nature 85
 
Emerging knowledge on ecosystem interactions with the bivalve biofilter 109
 
Conclusions 111
 
Literature cited 113
 
5 Trophic interactions between phytoplankton and bivalve aquaculture 125
Gary H. Wikfors
 
The interdependence of bivalves and phytoplankton 125
 
Bivalve population density: farmed bivalves are naturally gregarious 127
 
Bivalves as consumers and cultivators of phytoplankton 127
 
Summary and prospects 130
 
Acknowledgments 131
 
Literature cited 131
 
6 The application of dynamic modeling to prediction of production carrying capacity in shellfi sh farming 135
Jon Grant and Ramón Filgueira
 
Physical oceanographic models 139
 
Filtration and seston depletion 140
 
Single-box models 140
 
Higher-order models 142
 
Fully spatial models 143
 
Population-based models 145
 
Local models 146
 
Optimization 147
 
Application to management 148
 
Modeling environmental impact 149
 
Sustainability and ecosystem-based management 150
 
Literature cited 151
 
7 Bivalve shellfi sh aquaculture and eutrophication 155
JoAnn M. Burkholder and Sandra E. Shumway
 
Summary 155
 
Introduction 156
 
Most commonly reported: localized changes associated with shellfi sh aquaculture 158
 
Interpretations from an ecosystem approach 179
 
Modeling efforts to assess relationships between bivalve aquaculture and eutrophication 187
 
Eutrophication of coastal waters from land-based nutrients 192
 
Ecological and economic benefit of bivalve aquaculture in combating eutrophication 195
 
Conclusions 200
 
Literature cited 201
 
8 Mussel farming as a tool for re-eutrophication of coastal waters: experiences from Sweden 217
Odd Lindahl
 
Introduction 217
 
Mussel farming: open landscape feeding in the s

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"While it may be intended for policy makers, and we would all support her in this aim, it will clearly be an essential addition to university libraries, a must-have for shellfish researchers and there could also be good reason for shellfish farmers to think about getting hold of a copy, since it is one way to feel extremely positive about what you do - and supported by real hard science information!." (The Grower, 2011)

Product details

• Authors: S Shumway, S. E. Shumway, Sandra E Shumway, Sandra E. Shumway
• Assisted by: Sandra E Shumway (Editor), Sandra E. Shumway (Editor), Shumway Sandra E. (Editor)
• Publisher: IOWA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.10.2011
• EAN: 9780813814131
• ISBN: 978-0-8138-1413-1
• No. of pages: 526
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Agriculture, horticulture; forestry, fishing, food; Aquakultur, Muscheln, SCHALENTIERE, aquaculture, Aquaculture, Fisheries & Fish Science, Aquakultur, Fischereiwesen u. Fischforschung, Fish & Fisheries, Fisch u. Fischfang