Aquaponic Systems - The combined culture of fish and incorporates the production of plants without soil in recirculating systems, Recirculating System - Raising large quantities of fish in small volumes of reused and treated water, Integrated Systems - System that grows additional crops by utilizing by-products from the production of primary species., Closed Recirculation - Water circulates within a closed loop, Ammonia and nitrite - Toxic to fish but harmless to, and the preferred method of nitrogen, for higher plants such as fruiting vegetables., Biofilter - A filter containing porous media that allows water to pass through it., Capital investment - The acquisition of physical assets by a company for use in furthering its long-term business goals and objectives., Profitability - The degree to which a business or activity yields profit or financial gain, Effluent - Liquid waste or sewage discharged into a river or the sea., Critical standing - Maximum biomass of fish a system can support without restricting fish growth., Sequential rearing - The culture of several age groups in the same rearing tank., Stock splitting - Stocking very high density of fingerlings and periodically splitting the population in half as the critical standing crop of the rearing tank is reached., Multiple rearing - Usually come in modules of two to four tanks and are connected to a common filtration system.,

Recirculating Aquaculture Tank Production Systems: Aquaponics

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