Biofloc Technology: A Way for Sustainable Aquaculture

Aquaculture has become the food producer sector with the highest growth rate in the last years. Nevertheless, this activity has an important environmental impact, mainly due to the use of great quantities of water and polluted effluents. Biofloc technology (BFT) offers a sustainable alternative that...

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Authors: Ochoa-Hernández, María Elena, Villanueva-Gutiérrez, Emmanuel, Martínez-Córdova, Luis Rafael, Calderón Alvarado, Kadiya del Carmen
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2023
Country:México
Institution:UNIVERSIDAD DE SONORA
Repository:Epistemus
Language:Spanish
OAI Identifier:oai:oai.epistemus.unison.mx:article/282
Online Access:https://epistemus.unison.mx/index.php/epistemus/article/view/282
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Bioflocs
Aquaculture
Sustainable
Bioflóculos
Acuacultura
Sustentable
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Summary:Aquaculture has become the food producer sector with the highest growth rate in the last years. Nevertheless, this activity has an important environmental impact, mainly due to the use of great quantities of water and polluted effluents. Biofloc technology (BFT) offers a sustainable alternative that through the metabolic activity of a microbial community can help to maintain water quality and be used as food by aquaculture organisms, offering benefits to the immune system of the aquatic organisms. This article presents the BFT as a potential tool to obtain quality food that can lead aquaculture into a sustainable path.