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Synergistic combination of plants and microbial-rich substrates improves water quality in an integrated plant-substrate system

Nutrient enrichment is one of the main reasons causing water quality deterioration and eutrophication in aquaculture systems, such as tanks, ponds, and natural water bodies where cage aquaculture is located. The integration of aquatic plants and substrates synergistically utilises nutrients for the...

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Main Authors: Sopawong, Arissara, Md Yusoff, Fatimah, Zakaria, Muta Harah, Amin, S.M. Nurul, Tan, Hui Teng, Mohd Hashim, Amalia
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Published: Asian Fisheries Society 2023
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/108926/
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spelling my.upm.eprints.1089262024-05-17T02:28:12Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/108926/ Synergistic combination of plants and microbial-rich substrates improves water quality in an integrated plant-substrate system Sopawong, Arissara Md Yusoff, Fatimah Zakaria, Muta Harah Amin, S.M. Nurul Tan, Hui Teng Mohd Hashim, Amalia Nutrient enrichment is one of the main reasons causing water quality deterioration and eutrophication in aquaculture systems, such as tanks, ponds, and natural water bodies where cage aquaculture is located. The integration of aquatic plants and substrates synergistically utilises nutrients for the development of biofilm and plant growth, thus improving the water quality in tanks. The experiment was performed in three trials to assess the use of commercial plants integrated with substrates in enhancing nutrient removal in nutrient-enriched mesocosms. Among the plants, the combination of water spinach and lemon basil exhibited significantly higher (P < 0.05) nutrient removal without causing adverse effects on plant growth when compared to the other treatments. For the substrates, the lava rock and bamboo showed the highest (P < 0.05) periphyton development and productivity. The integration of water spinach and lava rock resulted in the highest (P < 0.05) nutrient removal and plant relative growth rates indicating the positive effects of synergistic interaction between plants and microbial-periphyton colonised substrates. A total of 27 bacterial phyla (mainly non-pathogenic) were identified in the integrated water spinach and lava rock substrate treatment. Microbial community structure analysis showed that Proteobacteria, Planctomycetota, Verrucomicrobiota and Bacteroidota were the main groups found in water, roots of water spinach, and substrates. The highest (P < 0.05) bacterial diversity was observed in the substrates, followed by plant roots and water. This study illustrated that the water quality could be significantly improved by integrating suitable plants and microbial-periphyton colonised substrates in tanks. Asian Fisheries Society 2023 Article PeerReviewed Sopawong, Arissara and Md Yusoff, Fatimah and Zakaria, Muta Harah and Amin, S.M. Nurul and Tan, Hui Teng and Mohd Hashim, Amalia (2023) Synergistic combination of plants and microbial-rich substrates improves water quality in an integrated plant-substrate system. Asian Fisheries Science, 36 (4). pp. 203-218. ISSN 0116-6514; ESSN: 2073-3720 https://www.asianfisheriessociety.org/publication/downloadfile.php?id=1431&file=Y0dSbUx6QTBNell3TURnd01ERTNNRFF3TWpjMU5UY3VjR1Jt 10.33997/j.afs.2023.36.4.003
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description Nutrient enrichment is one of the main reasons causing water quality deterioration and eutrophication in aquaculture systems, such as tanks, ponds, and natural water bodies where cage aquaculture is located. The integration of aquatic plants and substrates synergistically utilises nutrients for the development of biofilm and plant growth, thus improving the water quality in tanks. The experiment was performed in three trials to assess the use of commercial plants integrated with substrates in enhancing nutrient removal in nutrient-enriched mesocosms. Among the plants, the combination of water spinach and lemon basil exhibited significantly higher (P < 0.05) nutrient removal without causing adverse effects on plant growth when compared to the other treatments. For the substrates, the lava rock and bamboo showed the highest (P < 0.05) periphyton development and productivity. The integration of water spinach and lava rock resulted in the highest (P < 0.05) nutrient removal and plant relative growth rates indicating the positive effects of synergistic interaction between plants and microbial-periphyton colonised substrates. A total of 27 bacterial phyla (mainly non-pathogenic) were identified in the integrated water spinach and lava rock substrate treatment. Microbial community structure analysis showed that Proteobacteria, Planctomycetota, Verrucomicrobiota and Bacteroidota were the main groups found in water, roots of water spinach, and substrates. The highest (P < 0.05) bacterial diversity was observed in the substrates, followed by plant roots and water. This study illustrated that the water quality could be significantly improved by integrating suitable plants and microbial-periphyton colonised substrates in tanks.
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author Sopawong, Arissara
Md Yusoff, Fatimah
Zakaria, Muta Harah
Amin, S.M. Nurul
Tan, Hui Teng
Mohd Hashim, Amalia
spellingShingle Sopawong, Arissara
Md Yusoff, Fatimah
Zakaria, Muta Harah
Amin, S.M. Nurul
Tan, Hui Teng
Mohd Hashim, Amalia
Synergistic combination of plants and microbial-rich substrates improves water quality in an integrated plant-substrate system
author_facet Sopawong, Arissara
Md Yusoff, Fatimah
Zakaria, Muta Harah
Amin, S.M. Nurul
Tan, Hui Teng
Mohd Hashim, Amalia
author_sort Sopawong, Arissara
title Synergistic combination of plants and microbial-rich substrates improves water quality in an integrated plant-substrate system
title_short Synergistic combination of plants and microbial-rich substrates improves water quality in an integrated plant-substrate system
title_full Synergistic combination of plants and microbial-rich substrates improves water quality in an integrated plant-substrate system
title_fullStr Synergistic combination of plants and microbial-rich substrates improves water quality in an integrated plant-substrate system
title_full_unstemmed Synergistic combination of plants and microbial-rich substrates improves water quality in an integrated plant-substrate system
title_sort synergistic combination of plants and microbial-rich substrates improves water quality in an integrated plant-substrate system
publisher Asian Fisheries Society
publishDate 2023
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/108926/
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