Abstract

MIRANDA, Anselmo et al. Removal of suspended solids from the effluents of a shrimp farm by the Blood Ark Anadara tuberculosa (Sowerby, 1833). Hidrobiológica [online]. 2009, vol.19, n.2, pp.173-176. ISSN 0188-8897.

The potential of Anadara tuberculosa for bioremediation of shrimp farm effluents was evaluated in five field experiments performed in a semi-intensive shrimp farm in Sonora (NW Mexico), and yielded mean filtration, clearance and biodeposition rates of 33.10 mg/h/g, 0.41 L/h/g and 31.19 mg/h/g, respectively. This study demonstrates that A. tuberculosa adults can remove the particulate matter of a semi-intensive shrimp farms effluents.

Keywords : Anadara tuberculosa; shrimp farm effluents; bioremediation; filtration; clearance.