A selection of recent publications developed in R&D and Innovation Projects. * Indicates authors who are AquaBioTech Group team members.

Conference Posters

• William H. Nowell*, Giovanni Marco Cusimano*, Jui-Che Chiang*, Natalie Panasiak*, Adrian C. Love*, Cristina Martinez-Garcia*, Michele Gallo*, Dannie O’Brien*. 2022, Influences of the design of various biocarriers on their performance in moving bed biofilm reactors in recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS), Poster presented at Aquaculture Europe, Rimini Italy, September 2022.
• Jui-Che Chiang*, Giovanni Marco Cusimano*, Natalie Panasiak*, Freya M. Robinson*, Tamas Bardocz*, Dannie O’Brien*, 2022, The effect of flowrate in recirculating aquaculture systems on water chemistry as it concerns feeding events of juvenile rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), Poster presented at Aquaculture Europe, Rimini Italy, September 2022.
• Tamas Bardocz*, Giovanni Marco Cusimano*, Jui-Che Chiang*, Natalie Panasiak*, Steven G. Prescott*, Florian Nagel, Sandra Balsells Claramunt, Dorinde Kleinegris, Simeon Deguara*, 2022, Influence of Microchloropsis gaditana extract supplementation on the growth, morphological, and body quality traits of Asian seabass Lates calcarifer at two different salinities, Book of Abstracts, European Aquaculture Society, Aquaculture Europe, Rimini Italy, September 2022.
• J. Bonello, F. Lia , S. Ghio , O. Georges* , L. Schenke* , M. Beltri* , M. Russo and A. Schembri, 2022, Identifying microplastic hotspots around the Maltese Islands (Central Mediterranean): A preliminary overview. Micropol Conference, Santiago de Compostella, June 2022.
• Inês C. Pimparel*, Caroline O. Nelson*, Severine Larroze*, Alesia Sushkova, Manon Wilhelm, Juan Yang, Monika Pilz, and João Tedim, 2022, Evaluation of the toxicity of corrosion sensing coatings lixiviates’ to marine microalgae and crustaceans, Poster, presented to the SETAC 32^nd Annual meeting, Copenhagen, May 2022.
• Giovanni Marco Cusimano*, Tamas Bardocz*, Alexia Massa-Gallucci*, Simeon Deguara*, Iman Busuttil; Karl Cutajar, Maria Dolores Gambin, and Vincenzo Arizza, 2022, Impact of different inclusion levels of fish meals made from farmed bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) and anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus) offal on growth and performance of European sea bass, Dicentrarchus labrax. Poster, presented at the XX International symposium on fish nutrition and feeding towards precision fish nutrition and feeding, Sorento, June 2022.
• Giovanni Marco Cusimano*, Tamas Bardocz*, Simeon Deguara*, Steven G. Prescott*, Joseph De Prisco*, Florian Nagel, Dorinde M. M. Kleinegris, and Sandra Balsells Claramunt, 2022, Effect of dietary supplementation with a microalgae liquid extract on growth and performance of Asian sea bass (Lates calcarifer) at two different salinities. Poster, presented at the XX International symposium on fish nutrition and feeding towards precision fish nutrition and feeding, Sorento, June 2022.
• Andrew Richardson, Maye Walraven, Giovanni Marco Cusimano*, and Simeon Deguara*, 2022, Effect of Protinovatm replacement of fishmeal in the diets on growth performance of rainbow trout, Oncorhynchus mykiss, and survival after challenge with Aeromonas salmonicida and Flavobacterium psychrophilum. Poster, presented at the XX International symposium on fish nutrition and feeding towards precision fish nutrition and feeding, Sorento, June 2022.
• Tamás Bardócz*, Freya M. Robinson*, Joseph De Prisco*, Dannie O’Brien*, and Michele Gallo*. (2021) SEA2LAND: Mediterranean industry case study on technology adaptation for the collection, concentration, and reuse of aquaculture waste streams for use in agriculture production, Poster presentation, Book of Abstracts of European Aquaculture Conference 2021, Madeira, Portugal, p110.
• Oriane Georges*, Freya Robinson*, Tamás Bardócz*, Gordon Dalton, Kevin Leyne (2021) A multi-use offshore platform for clean energy aquaculture, Poster presentation, Book of Abstracts of European Aquaculture Conference 2021, Madeira, Portugal, p108. 
• Freya Robinson*, Shane A. Hunter*, Kyra Hoevenaars*, Tamás Bardócz*, and Marco Setti (2021) FOODLAND: Aquaculture research to improve sustainable fish production in Africa, Poster presentation, Book of Abstracts of European Aquaculture Conference 2021, Madeira, Portugal, p584. 
• Severine Larroze*, Ines Pimparel*, Tânia Teixeira*, Cristiana Gastão, Tânia Oliveira, Frederico Maia, João Tedim, Amadeu Soares, Susana Loureiro, Roberto Martins. (2019) Assessment of neurotoxicity and oxidative-stress markers in seabass exposed to emerging compounds, Poster presentation at SETAC Europe 2019, Helsinki. 
• Inês C. Pimparel*, Tânia Teixeira*, Severine Larroze*, (2019) Development of a rapid agar-based algae growth inhibition screening test, Poster presentation at SETAC Europe 2019, Helsinki. 
• Tamás Bardócz*, Marina Beltri*, Séverine Larroze*, Tânia Teixeira* and Manuela Maranhão (2018). Assessing biofouling growth on aquaculture nets. Poster presentation on Aquaculture Europe 2018 conference, 25-29 August 2018, Montpellier, France 

Conference Presentations

• Paola Reale*, Franck Le Gall, Nicolas Prost, Christian Jensen, Natalie Panasiak*, Steven G. Prescott*, Samuel Dupont, Maxime Paris, Giovanni Marco Cusimano*, Jui-Che Chiang*, Shane A. Hunter*, Dannie O’Brien*, Marina Garcia, Andres Acosta, Dominique Durand, Lars Ebbesson, Tamás Bardócz*, 2022, RECIRCULATING AQUACULTURE SYSTEMS INNOVATION: THE NEED FOR SMART SOLUTIONS TO ADDRESS DIVERSE FUTURE PRODUCTION NEEDS, Oral Presentation, Book of Abstracts, World Aquaculture Singapore. Link
• Franck Le Gall, Joseph De Prisco*, Steven G. Prescott*, Sergey Budaev, Lars Ebbesson and Ivar Rønnestad. ( 2021) Using digital twin for decision support in RAS feeding processes.  Oral presentation, Book of Abstracts of European Aquaculture Conference 2021, Madeira, Portugal, p692-693. 
• Dannie O’Brien*, Steven G. Prescott*, Tamás Bardócz*, Freya Robinson*, Joseph De Prisco*, Yang Wang, Rhan Zhao, Wensheng Li. (2021) Innovative technologies for real-time monitoring and high-precision detection of water quality in recirculating aquaculture systems - AquaDetector Project.  Oral presentation, Book of Abstracts of European Aquaculture Conference 2021, Madeira, Portugal, p109. 
• Steven G. Prescott*, Joseph De Prisco*, Ivar Rønnestad, Sergey Budaev,  Natalie Panasiak*, Charlotte Dupont, Dimitri Trotignon, Dominique Durand, Lars Ebbesson, Franck Le Gall and Tamás Bardócz*. (2021) Improving rainbow trout oncorhynchus mykiss feeding efficiency using artificial intelligence: Video observation of behaviour and x-ray imaging of stomach fullness to support a model simulation of fish feeding (FISHMET). Oral presentation, Book of Abstracts of European Aquaculture Conference 2021, Madeira, Portugal, p1024-1025. 
• Bardócz T. *, Lawrence G. H.*, Mantas G. D. *, Hunter S. A.*, Aguilar-Manjarrez J., Jansen H., Poelman M., Vandenburg S., Pletsas D., Callaway R., Masters I., Blanch M., Vanagt T., Campbell D.*, Dalton G. (2016): MARIBE: combined marine aquaculture and offshore energy investments for the blue economy, Oral presentation and conference paper on Offshore Energy and Storage Symposium 2016, Book of Papers. 
• Tamás Bardócz*, Rachel Cox*, Karl Cutajar* and Alexia Massa-Gallucci* (2018) TAPAS Case Study: Nutrient retention of fish farm effluent and site assessment for the feasibility of Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture (IMTA) in Malta, Oral presentation on Aquaculture Europe 2018 conference, Montpellier, France.