Lab-Scale Zero Exchange Shrimp Aquaculture

Abstract

Shrimp aquaculture is a global market that tends to negatively impact the environment due to excess nitrogen rich waste. The School of Natural Resources in coordination with the Department of Environmental Engineering at the University of Michigan are in need of over ten separate closed loop zero-exchange shrimp aquaculture systems to research survival and growth potential for dense shrimp populations. The focus is on biofilters, feed, and various environmental conditions. At the completion of the project there should be two customizable experimental lab setups prepared for the University of Michigan researchers to effectively conduct experiments.