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Scientific Sources

Aquaponics & Circular Systems

  1. FischGlasHaus, University of Rostock: Final report.
  2. INAPRO: Innovative Aquaponics for Professional Application (Leibniz-IGB, EU Horizon 2020). Project page. · Source for the daily freshwater demand of below 3% of system volume.
  3. INAPRO: Sustainable food production through aquaponics. CORDIS (European Commission).
  4. ZHAW Wädenswil, Aquaculture Systems Research Group (IUNR).
  5. Baganz, G. et al. (2020): Profitability of multi-loop aquaponics: Year-long production data, economic scenarios and a comprehensive model case. Aquaculture Research 51, 2711–2724. · Source for high upfront investment and economic viability only at sufficient scale.
  6. Applications, technologies, and evaluation methods in smart aquaponics: a systematic literature review (2024). Artificial Intelligence Review (Springer). · Systematic overview based on 105 primary studies on IoT/AI in aquaponics.
  7. Somerville, C. et al. (2014): Small-scale aquaponic food production: Integrated fish and plant farming. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Technical Paper No. 589. · Soil-free cultivation uses less than 20% of the water required by soil-based farming.

Permaculture & Soils

  1. Permaculture enhances carbon stocks, soil quality and biodiversity in Central Europe (2024). Communications Earth & Environment (Nature Portfolio).
  2. FAO & ITPS (2015): Status of the World's Soil Resources: Main Report. · Around 33% of the world's land area is moderately to severely degraded.

Space Research & Future Perspectives

  1. Przybyla, C. (2021): Space Aquaculture: Prospects for Raising Aquatic Vertebrates in a Bioregenerative Life-Support System on a Lunar Base. Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences 8.
  2. NASA: Controlled Ecological Life Support System (CELSS). NASA Technical Reports Server.

Image Credits

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