Acronym NA
Category
Aquaculture
Title Safeguarding fish health - In situ water quality analysis in RAS aquaculture systems using living cell sensors and micro/nanotechnology Programme National Programme
Instrument (FP6)
Contact Type (FP7)
Strand (Interreg)
NA
Theme (FP7)
Activity Area (FP6)
Regional Area (Interreg)
Action (COST)
NA
Specific Programme (FP7)
NA
Funding source National Coordinator Nuno Miguel Matos Pires Coordinator email Nuno.Pires@usn.no
Coordinator institution
NMBU - Norwegian University of Life Sciences (Norway)
Institutions involved
NA
Start year 2017 End year 2019 Funding (€) € 214,812 Website https://prosjektbanken.forskningsradet.no/project/FORISS/268017?Kilde=FORISS&distribution=Ar&chart=bar&calcType=funding&Sprak=no&sortBy=date&sortOrder=desc&resultCount=30&offset=0&Organisasjon.4=FAKULTET+FOR+MILJ%C3%98VITENSKAP+OG+NATURFORVALTNING Summary Fish production in completely recycled water, such as in a recirculating aquaculture system (RAS), demands permanent control of water quality. Accumulation of excreted metabolites, low dissolved oxygen levels/high CO2 levels, and accumulation of recycling/disinfection by-products pose threat to water quality in RAS, and its deterioration results in deterioration of fish productivity and health. Therefore, continuous monitoring of stressor levels in real time would be a tremendously valuable tool in preventing sudden production decreasing, oxygen depletion or contamination in recirculate fish-production systems. In situ monitoring sensors would thus replace intensive manual sampling for water quality evaluation. This post-doctoral project addresses the need of developing in-situ tools for green RAS, and proposes to solve the R&D challenge of continuous monitoring by investigating a lab-on-a-chip with advanced bio/nanotechnologies and luminous bacteria, that offers broad spectrum of detection and rapid response to toxic levels of key stressors. This project is conducted in close cooperation with Centre of Excellence for Environmental Radioactivity (CERAD, at NMBU), and the proposed research work strengthens the aquaculture research focus in current activities in CERAD. Along with the strategic research areas UMB4 and UMB5 of CERAD, combined toxicity and biological effects in luminous bacteria and model fish exposed to key stressors in RAS will be investigated, and will serve to verify the in-situ monitoring sensors. The cooperation is enhanced by national and international expertise on micro/nanotechnology, water/environmental monitoring and toxicology analysis. The project results will find use in the aquaculture industry, as the implementation of continuous surveillance technology in RAS systems will allow for early warning of toxicity, giving fish producers time to respond before increased levels of key stressors are allowed to negatively affect fish production.
Keywords
Water quality;
Fish;
Fish health;
Recirculating systems;
Land-based aquaculture;
Biosensors;
Toxic substances;
Monitoring;
Marine Region
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