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AEI 10:465-472 (2018)  -  DOI: https://doi.org/10.3354/aei00279

Carbon budgets from mariculture ponds without a food supply

Yan Chen1,2, Shuanglin Dong2,*, Yucen Bai3, Shaogang Xu1, Xiaofei Yang1, Zhe Pan2

1Beijing Fisheries Research Institute, Beijing 100068, China
2Key Laboratory of Mariculture, Ministry of Education of China. Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266003, PR China
3China Rural Technology Development Center, 54 Sanlihe Road, Beijing 100045, PR China
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ABSTRACT: To estimate the carbon source-sink function of mariculture ponds without a food supply, we analyzed carbon budgets and gaseous carbon fluxes in shrimp Marsupenaeus japonicus-sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus polyculture seawater ponds (PSPs) without feeding. Over a 1 yr cycle, the total organic carbon outflow accounted for 78.6% of the inflow organic carbon in PSPs. Approximately 1558.1 kg ha-1 of organic carbon accumulated in PSPs, and the ratio of gaseous carbon exchange to carbon burial ranged from 0.73 to 1.45. The PSPs acted as a purification system where organic carbon is eliminated from the inflow water, and carbon retention in the sediment of such systems could offset their carbon emissions into the atmosphere.


KEY WORDS: Mariculture ponds · No-feeding · Methane · Carbon dioxide · Carbon budgets


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Cite this article as: Chen Y, Dong S, Bai Y, Xu S, Yang X, Pan Z (2018) Carbon budgets from mariculture ponds without a food supply. Aquacult Environ Interact 10:465-472. https://doi.org/10.3354/aei00279

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