In aquaculture industry,fish,shellfish,and aquatic plants are cultivated in fresh,salt,or brackish waters.The increasing demand of aquatic products has stimulated the rapid growth of aquaculture industries.How to effe...In aquaculture industry,fish,shellfish,and aquatic plants are cultivated in fresh,salt,or brackish waters.The increasing demand of aquatic products has stimulated the rapid growth of aquaculture industries.How to effectively monitor and control water quality is one of the key concerns for aquaculture industry to ensure high productivity and high quality.There are four major categories of water quality concerns that affect aquaculture cultivations,namely,(1)physical parameters,e.g.,pH,temperature,dissolved oxygen,and salinity,(2)organic contaminants,(3)biochemical hazards,e.g.,cyanotoxins,and(4)biological contaminants,i.e.,pathogens.While the physical parameters are affected by climate changes,the latter three are considered as environmental factors.In this review,we provide a comprehensive summary of sensors,biosensors,and analytical technologies available for monitoring aquaculture water quality.They include low-cost commercial sensors and sensor network setups for physical parameters.They also include chromatography,mass spectrometry,biochemistry,and molecular methods(e.g.,immunoassays and polymerase chain reaction assays),culture-based method,and biophysical technologies(e.g.,biosensors and nanosensors)for environmental contamination factors.According to the different levels of sophistication of various analytical techniques and the information they can provide(either fine fingerprint,highly accurate quantification,semiquantification,qualitative detection,or fast screening),we will comment on how they may be used as complementary tools,as well as their potential and gaps toward current demand of real-time,online,and/or onsite detection.展开更多
基金This work is supported by the A∗STAR RIE2020 Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering(AME)Programmatic Grant(Grant No.A18A8b0059).
文摘In aquaculture industry,fish,shellfish,and aquatic plants are cultivated in fresh,salt,or brackish waters.The increasing demand of aquatic products has stimulated the rapid growth of aquaculture industries.How to effectively monitor and control water quality is one of the key concerns for aquaculture industry to ensure high productivity and high quality.There are four major categories of water quality concerns that affect aquaculture cultivations,namely,(1)physical parameters,e.g.,pH,temperature,dissolved oxygen,and salinity,(2)organic contaminants,(3)biochemical hazards,e.g.,cyanotoxins,and(4)biological contaminants,i.e.,pathogens.While the physical parameters are affected by climate changes,the latter three are considered as environmental factors.In this review,we provide a comprehensive summary of sensors,biosensors,and analytical technologies available for monitoring aquaculture water quality.They include low-cost commercial sensors and sensor network setups for physical parameters.They also include chromatography,mass spectrometry,biochemistry,and molecular methods(e.g.,immunoassays and polymerase chain reaction assays),culture-based method,and biophysical technologies(e.g.,biosensors and nanosensors)for environmental contamination factors.According to the different levels of sophistication of various analytical techniques and the information they can provide(either fine fingerprint,highly accurate quantification,semiquantification,qualitative detection,or fast screening),we will comment on how they may be used as complementary tools,as well as their potential and gaps toward current demand of real-time,online,and/or onsite detection.
