Bioremidiation of organic waste matter in white legs shrimp ponds using blood shells (Anadara granosa)

Abstract

Bioremediation was a natural treatment process to eliminate pollutants at polluted locations using organisms. Blood shells (Anadara granosa) is one of bioremediation agents in reducing organic matter in the waters. Therefore, this study was conducted to determine the role of blood shells as bioremediators of organic waste from white leg shrimp ponds. The research was performed following factorial completely randomized design with two factors, such as density and shell length. The results showed no significant difference between treatments with 95% confidence level. Concentration of total organic matter in all treatments decreased from 200 mg/l to 50 mg/l, which means that blood clams was potential bioremediator to absorb organic waste from white leg shrimp culture.