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Management of sludge from fish ponds at the edge of the Itaparica Reservoir (Brazil): an alternative to improve agricultural production

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Sludge generated in intensively managed tilapia fingerling breeding ponds near the Itaparica Dam in the semi-arid Brazilian northeastern region was tested as a soil conditioner to produce lettuce in an effort to mitigate the present environmental impact of the deposition of this sludge, thereby giving it a productive destiny. A greenhouse experiment was performed by mixing the sludge with a Haplic Planosol topsoil, a characteristic soil of the region, so that the sludge corresponded to 0, 25, 50, 75, and 100% of the mixture (substrate). The experiment was set up as a randomized block design with five blocks, each with three pots (5-kg substrate per pot) of the five sludge proportion treatments. One lettuce plant was transplanted into each pot, maintained under greenhouse conditions, and harvested 35 days after transplanting. Sludge, soil, and the substrates were evaluated for nutrient concentration and physical characteristics. Green and dry weights, stem diameter, and nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium concentrations in the aboveground parts of the lettuce plants were determined. Sludge incorporation into the substrate improved its chemical and physical characteristics. The lettuce plants grew best in the substrate with 75% sludge, increasing its biomass production by 50% and more than doubling its nitrogen uptake.

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Acknowledgments

The authors thank Prof. Jarcilene Cortez and her staff at CCB, UFPE; Prof. Rômulo Menezes at DEN, UFPE; Wellington V. Alves, Agropecuária Estrela da Manhã, Chã Grande, PE; Gustavo Cabral; and Romero M. Ledo, Secretaria de Meio Ambiente da Prefeitura Municipal de Itacuruba, PE for their help with the laboratory and field work. They also thank CNPq for financial support and the research grants of Prof. Maria do Socorro B. Araújo and Everardo V.S.B. Sampaio and Jonah Landor-Yamagata, American student at Technische Universität Berlin, for providing language help.

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  1. Development and Environment Posgraduate Program, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco-UFPE, Recife, PE, Brazil

    Jorge Luiz Araújo da Silva

  2. Department of Geographical Sciences, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco-UFPE, Rua Ac. Hélio Ramos, s/n, Recife, PE, 50740-530, Brazil

    Maria do Socorro B. Araújo

  3. Department of Nuclear Energy, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco-UFPE, Recife, PE, Brazil

    Everardo Valadares de Sá Barretto Sampaio & Dário Costa Primo

  4. Embrapa Suínos e Aves, Concórdia, SC, Brazil

    Jorge Vitor Ludke

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da Silva, J.L.A., Araújo, M.d.S.B., Sampaio, E.V.d.S.B. et al. Management of sludge from fish ponds at the edge of the Itaparica Reservoir (Brazil): an alternative to improve agricultural production. Reg Environ Change 18, 1999–2004 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-017-1181-x

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