Responsibility Nutrient recovery from shrimp farming with combined integrated multitrophic aquaculture of polychaete worms, saltworts Monday, 3 May 2021 Daniel Jerónimo, M.Sc. Ana Isabel Lillebø, Ph.D. Javier Cremades, Ph.D. Paulo Cartaxana, Ph.D. Ricardo Calado, Ph.D. Single-tank IMTA system has best bioremediation performance, biomass production at half the operational size as other designs Results of this study evaluating IMTA designs showed that a single polyculture tank with ragworms and saltwort had the best bioremediation performance and biomass production, while reducing in half the operational area required to implement the IMTA system. Left: Lugworm. Photo by Ecomare/Ria Wagemaker (via Wikimedia Commons). Right: Ragworm. Photo by M. Buschmann (via Wikimedia Commons). Center: the saltwort