Living Landscapes
Observe. Integrate. Design

Module 13 / 25

Aquaculture

Young orchard trees, mulched beds, and paths beside a woodland edge.

Topics

  • Aquatic ecology: Trophic food web, limiting factors, and design criteria
  • Chinampas and other cultivated aquatic ecosystems
  • Aquaponics; species choices

What you’ll learn

Learning goals

  • Apprehend methods of diversifying water bodies on large and small scales

Read, watch & explore

Getting the books · access & editions

Use your own copy, buy the book, or borrow it through a library when possible. If you are local to me, contact me about borrowing a copy. You can also contact me for information about digital or other access to assigned readings.

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If your edition uses different page numbers, contact me and we can match the correct section. Contact instructor.

Aquatic ecosystems

Watch

Permaculture Aquaculture

YouTube

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Watch

Aquatic Food Web Video

YouTube

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Watch

Chinampas Video

YouTube

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Aquaponics and system needs

Book reading

Practical Permaculture

Jessi Bloom and Dave Boehnlein

Pages 264 to 265: A short introduction to aquaponics

Book access & editions

Compare the needs of a pond, a cultivated wetland, and a recirculating aquaponics system: water supply, oxygen, nutrients, energy, suitable organisms, and ongoing care. Keep any aquatic feature as an option in the design, with its constraints identified.

Readings & resources

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