Recycled Concrete Aggregate for Oyster Aquaculture
Date
2024-06-27
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Waste
Abstract
Recycled Concrete Aggregate (RCA) of the chemical and biological effects must be understood to avoid potential adverse impacts to the bay’s aquatic ecosystem. RCA application as a base material for oyster reefs did not adversely affect oyster spat growth and survival, or the surrounding environment. Evaluated RCA leaching for petroleum byproducts showed that RCA as a base material for oyster reefs did not leach any hydrocarbon chemicals, and no water extractable SVOC were detected. The research found potential RCA application to the Chesapeake Bay watershed as a bottom conditioning material for oyster aquaculture. Overall, the findings support the use of RCA for oyster aquaculture.
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This article was originally published in Waste. The version of record is available at: https://doi.org/10.3390/waste2030012
© 2024 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Keywords
recycled concrete aggregate, oyster, recycling
Citation
Kang, Dong-Hee, James G. Hunter, and Anastasia Chirnside. 2024. "Recycled Concrete Aggregate for Oyster Aquaculture" Waste 2, no. 3: 201-217. https://doi.org/10.3390/waste2030012