Building bridges between the aquaculture community and scientists so we can all develop a better
understanding of nitrogen removal in this growing industry.
understanding of nitrogen removal in this growing industry.
Including nitrogen removal via denitrification enhancement at oyster farms is not yet widely accepted as a nitrogen mitigation strategy. This is because there is a paucity of data on oyster habitat denitrification rates. In fact, we lack spatial and temporal coverage of these rates as well as key environmental predictors. This proposal seeks to address this knowledge gap by bringing our expertise to the oyster farms.
We built a mobile laboratory so we can drive to farms, collect oysters and sediments from these farms, and complete on site rate measurements of denitrification. We will also analyze other water quality parameters (e.g., sediment oxygen demand, temperature, pH, inorganic nutrients). While right now we need take some samples back to the lab for analysis - we are advancing our previous work on mobile instrumentation to make denitrification (and other measurements) in real-time. We will use these data to develop a comprehensive data set of denitrification rates associated with oyster aquaculture throughout New England. We are also open to working on other bi-valve aquaculture and IMTA systems.
Our goal is to produce data that will help oyster farmers build the case for allowing nitrogen removal via oyster enhanced denitrification to be a part of nitrogen mitigating strategies and nitrogen credits.
Are you interested in having us visit your farm? Please fill out this form and we'll be in touch soon.
When we visit - what can you expect?
Thank you for your interest! We are excited to work with you.
Our goal is to visit sites throughout New England. We will agree on a time to meet you at your site. When we arrive we will need to collect sediment, oysters, and water. Then we will incubate these on site, in our mobile lab. We can show you how this process works and we can provide some data in real time. Other analyses will take place back in our lab. Once complete we will send you the data so you can see the results for your farm. Ideally, we'll visit more than once.
As we plan our spring sampling we will be in touch. We hope to visit as many farms as possible, and are looking for new funding to support this research going into the future.
This project is funded by The Nature Conservancy
We built a mobile laboratory so we can drive to farms, collect oysters and sediments from these farms, and complete on site rate measurements of denitrification. We will also analyze other water quality parameters (e.g., sediment oxygen demand, temperature, pH, inorganic nutrients). While right now we need take some samples back to the lab for analysis - we are advancing our previous work on mobile instrumentation to make denitrification (and other measurements) in real-time. We will use these data to develop a comprehensive data set of denitrification rates associated with oyster aquaculture throughout New England. We are also open to working on other bi-valve aquaculture and IMTA systems.
Our goal is to produce data that will help oyster farmers build the case for allowing nitrogen removal via oyster enhanced denitrification to be a part of nitrogen mitigating strategies and nitrogen credits.
Are you interested in having us visit your farm? Please fill out this form and we'll be in touch soon.
When we visit - what can you expect?
Thank you for your interest! We are excited to work with you.
Our goal is to visit sites throughout New England. We will agree on a time to meet you at your site. When we arrive we will need to collect sediment, oysters, and water. Then we will incubate these on site, in our mobile lab. We can show you how this process works and we can provide some data in real time. Other analyses will take place back in our lab. Once complete we will send you the data so you can see the results for your farm. Ideally, we'll visit more than once.
As we plan our spring sampling we will be in touch. We hope to visit as many farms as possible, and are looking for new funding to support this research going into the future.
This project is funded by The Nature Conservancy