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Papers

(The median citation count of Aquacultural Engineering is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-12-01 to 2025-12-01.)

Article	Citations
Hydrodynamics of large-scale recirculating aquaculture tanks equipped with paddlewheel aerators	75
Flow-through and cyclic fed-batch cultivation of the green microalga Haematococcus pluvialis in recirculating aquaculture effluent: Strategies for sustained biomass production and astaxanthin biosynth	55
The coupled vibrations of a rectangular frame and a flexible net subjected to waves and currents	51
Osedax-GAN: A novel metaheuristic approach for missing pixel imputation imagery for enhanced detection accuracy of freshwater fish diseases in aquaculture	50
Automatic length estimation of free-swimming fish using an underwater 3D range-gated camera	49
PUFFER-DETR: Tiger puffer similar abnormal behavior recognition based on transformer	40
Experimental study on hydrodynamic performance of the semi-submersible vessel-shaped fish cage	40
Editorial Board	38
Anomalous white shrimp detection in intensive farming based on improved YOLOv8	36
Detection of a stress related acoustic signature by passive acoustic monitoring in Atlantic salmon farming	36
Physical filtration of nutrients utilizing gravel-based and lightweight expanded clay aggregate (LECA) as growing media in aquaponic recirculation system (ARS)	35
Environmental performance of Penaeus vannamei shrimp production in intensive and super-intensive biofloc systems	35
Influence of tank geometry and background color on growth performance and immune response of endangered Indian butter catfish Ompok bimaculatus	31
Collection rates of detached mobile sea lice according to net mesh and body size: A benchtop model	31
Prawn morphometrics and weight estimation from images using deep learning for landmark localization	31
Design considerations for a continuous mussel farm in New England Offshore waters. Part I: Development of environmental conditions for engineering design	30
MusselCF, a user-friendly toolbox to estimate the physiological carbon footprint of mussels in suspended aquaculture	29
Editorial Board	29
Robust automatic net damage detection and tracking on real aquaculture environment using computer vision	28
Effect of ozone and hydrogen peroxide on off-flavor compounds and water quality in a recirculating aquaculture system	27
Numerical study on hydrodynamic responses of a single-point moored vessel-shaped floating aquaculture platform in waves	26
Real-time ammonia estimation in recirculating aquaculture systems: A data assimilation approach	25
Effects of biofloc-electrochemical system on water quality, fish performance, and microbial diversity	25
Optimization of aerobic digestion conditions of solid waste from recirculating aquaculture systems for liquid fertilizer production	24
Editorial Board	24

Smart headset, computer vision and machine learning for efficient prawn farm management	23
Aqua3DNet: Real-time 3D pose estimation of livestock in aquaculture by monocular machine vision	22
Insights into different marine aquaculture infrastructures from a life cycle perspective	22
Numerical study on hydrodynamic behaviors of and flow field around UHMWPE plane nets	22
Ultrasonic monitoring of early larval development of fish in tanks. Case study: Gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata)	21
Impact evaluation of deep learning on image segmentation for automatic bluefin tuna sizing	20
Research on intelligent damage detection of far-sea cage based on machine vision and deep learning	20
Smart technologies in aquaculture: An integrated IoT, AI, and blockchain framework for sustainable growth	19
Evaluating submerged and surface feeding strategies in farmed Atlantic Cod: Energetic and production perspectives	18
Sedimentation of Crassostrea gigas and Perna perna biodeposits in the South Atlantic	17
Numerical and experimental study of two common types of fouled net panels in the ocean	17
Effects of feed, carbohydrate addition and stocking density on Pacific white shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) production	17
Optimal aquarium shape for rearing male Siamese fighting fish (Betta splendens)	16
Editorial Board	16
Influence of dietary phosphorus on orthophosphate accumulation in recirculating aquaculture systems with rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)	16
Editorial Board	16
Effect of coconut waste and its biochar as hydroponics substrates on system performance and nitrogen transformation in aquaponics	16
Robust detection of farmed fish by fusing YOLOv5 with DCM and ATM	16
Method for layout optimization of coastal cage aquaculture systems in Southeast Asia	16
Nitrogen metabolism potential in biofilm microbial communities: potential applications in the mariculture wastewater treatment	16
Conveying characteristics of shrimp feed pellets in pneumatic conveying system and minimum power consumption dissipation factor	15
An IoT based smart water quality assessment framework for aqua-ponds management using Dilated Spatial-temporal Convolution Neural Network (DSTCNN)	14
Development of a novel sterilized thin-film photobioreactor for efficient microalgae cultivation by mixotrophic mode	14
Research on the influence of solid-liquid two-phase flow on the flow field effect and stability of square reefs	14
Reluctance of farmed Atlantic salmon to feed in cold water revealed during automated hydroacoustic feeding control	13
Hydrodynamics of waste collection in a recirculating aquaculture tank with different numbers of inlet pipes	13
MortCam: An Artificial Intelligence-aided fish mortality detection and alert system for recirculating aquaculture	13
Experimental study on the hydrodynamic responses of a novel platform integrating vertical-axis wind turbine with a fish cage in regular waves	13
Preconditioner influence on twin-screw extrusion cooking of starch-based feed pellets: The example of Fish Feed	13
Fish behavior recognition based on an audio-visual multimodal interactive fusion network	13
Aquaponics performance optimization: The impact of hydraulic loading rate on striped murrel (Channa striata) and lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.) production in a vermicompost-supplemented system	13
An efficient fish counting method with adaptive global perception and multi-scale feature perception	12
Single pass saltwater disinfection using low voltage electrolysis: Potential implications for aquaculture systems	12
Sedimentation efficiency evaluation of an aquaculture tank through experimental floc characterization and CFD simulation	11
Effects of different types of air supplementation on rainbow trout confined underwater	11
Numerical investigation of flow characteristics in a rearing tank aboard an aquaculture vessel	11
Microalgae plant site selection analysis: A multi-criteria decision model based on hierarchical analysis, geographic information systems and Monte Carlo simulations	11
An extraction method of fish vector field for marine cage culture based on UAV vision	11
Design considerations for a continuous mussel farm in New England Offshore waters. Part II: Using validated numerical models to estimate the probability of failure	11
A robotic fish processing line enhanced by machine learning	10
The influence of length–width ratio of an unconventional mobile finfish structure on the drag force and dissolved oxygen: Laboratory experimentation and Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)	10
Ultrafiltration for the biosecurity of fish production: The case of a sturgeon nursery	10
Application of generative artificial intelligence in the aquacultural sector	9
Characterization of solid wastes from sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) in intensive culture	9
Optimizing flow uniformity and velocity fields in aquaculture tanks by modifying water inlets and nozzles arrangement: A computational fluid dynamics study	9
Can air nanobubbles improve the swim bladder inflation in developing European perch? A pilot study of advanced water treatment.	9
Growth performance of shrimp and water quality in a freshwater biofloc system with a salinity of 5.0‰: Effects on inputs, costs and wastes discharge during grow-out culture of Litopenaeus vannamei	9
In-water electric stunning as a humane commercial method for culling juvenile salmonids	9
Biological site suitability for exposed self-regulating cultivation of blue mussel (Mytilus edulis): A Belgian case study	9
Integration of process design and control of a pilot-scale recirculating aquaculture system	8

Detection of residual feed in aquaculture using YOLO and Mask RCNN	8
Solar-powered automated fish-feeding boat: A cost-effective and sustainable solution for aquaculture	8
Performance in nitrogen, turbidity and phosphorus removal in a RAS using moving bed settler and membrane aerated biofilm reactor	8
Pesticide residues in aquatic products: sources, advances in detection technologies, and risk management	8
Effects of drum filters, swirl separators and foam fractionation on water quality in pilot scale recirculating aquaculture systems	8
Sulphate removal by membrane filtration minimizes the risk of hydrogen sulphide formation in fixed bed biofilters	8
Fish mass estimation method based on adaptive parameter tuning and disparity map restoration under binocular vision	8
Editorial Board	7
Energy budgeting and economic analysis of shrimp (Penaeus vannamei) production under different culture techniques in Tamil Nadu, India	7
Editorial Board	7
Hydrodynamic responses of a large flexible net swinging in waves	7
Effects of scaled-down dissolved air flotation system on suspended solids removal from Penaeus vannamei culture under biofloc conditions	7
Methodology for multidimensional approximation of current velocity fields around offshore aquaculture installations	7
Influence of inlet placement on the hydrodynamics of the dual-drain arc angle tank for fish growth	7
Hydrogen sulphide dynamics in recirculating aquaculture systems with moving or fixed bed biofilters: A case study in two commercial salmon smolt producing farms in Norway	7
The impact of shade net use on total nitrogen removal by duckweed (Lemna perpusilla) at different levels of catfish farming effluent	7
Review and harmonization of the life cycle global warming impact of five United States aquaponics systems	7
The noisy eaters: acoustic characterization of clicks emitted by Penaeus vannamei fed fresh food items and pelletized diet	7
Ebb and flow versus constant water level on the sweet banana chili pepper (Capsicum annuum) production in an aquaponic system	7
On the application of current blockage model to steady drag force on fish net	6
Self-cleaning performance of three bottom drain modes in circular culture tank: Experimental and numerical study	6
A novel advanced oxidation process (AOP) that rapidly removes geosmin and 2-methylisoborneol (MIB) from water and significantly reduces depuration times in Atlantic salmon Salmo salar RAS aquaculture	6
Powering aquaculture operations at sea: Can hydrogen be a sustainable solution?	6
Application of artificial intelligence in aquaculture – Recent developments and prospects	6
Underwater scallop recognition algorithm using improved YOLOv5	6
Experimental investigation on the convey performance and control strategy of a special annular jet pump for deep sea feeding	6
Design and testing of a fully automatic aquatic plant combing machine for Eriocheir sinensis farming	6
CFD optimised solar powered IoT integrated paddlewheel aerator for sustainable shrimp farming – A review	6
Enhancing instance segmentation: Leveraging multiscale feature fusion and attention mechanisms for automated fish weight estimation	6
Waste characterization and biofilter sizing criteria for oligotrophic RAS egg incubators	6
Evaluation of an anaerobic baffled reactor (ABR) – downflow hanging sponge (DHS) system in treatment of black wastewater from a closed recirculating aquaculture system	6
Editorial Board	6
Computation of feed conversion ratio (FCRplant) and plant-fish mass ratio (PFRM) for aquaponic systems	6
Comparative study of circular and square gravity-based fish cages with different dimensions under pure current conditions	6
The effects of stocking density and artifical substrate on production of pacific white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei and water quality dynamics in greenhouse-based biofloc systems	6
Editorial Board	5
A high-precision and lightweight underwater fish detection and recognition approach based on the improved YOLOX-nano algorithm	5
Intelligent recognition and behavior tracking of sea cucumber infected with Vibrio alginolyticus based on machine vision	5
Using a passive solar greenhouse with water tanks in overwintering of juvenile sea cucumber Apostichopus japonicus	5
Big multi-step motion and mooring load forecasting of fish cage using a novel hybrid model based on Bi-SLSTM neural network	5
A method for counting fish based on improved YOLOv8	5
Steady-state and dynamic model for recirculating aquaculture systems with pH included	5
Açai palm, Euterpe oleracea, seed for aquaponic media and seedling production	5
Influence of carbon to phosphorus ratio on the performance of single-stage aerobic simultaneous nitrogen and phosphorus removal by bioflocs	5
A MobileNetV2-SENet-based method for identifying fish school feeding behavior	5
Innovative aquaculture cage “Flow2Vortex” ensures a sustainable biomass delivery for low trophic level aquaculture	5
An innovative sludge removing system for intensive aquaculture ponds	5
Time-series growth estimation of sea cucumbers (Apostichopus japonicus) in co-cultivation with coho salmon using time-lapse cameras in field experiments	5
Research verification of four commercial scale split-pond designs	5
Performance evaluation and mathematical model of pipeline diffused aeration for recirculating aquaculture system	5
Optimizing alkalinity control in recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS): A dynamic modelling approach	5
Nascent application of aerobic granular sludge for recirculating aquaculture system effluent treatment: Performance, granule formation, and microbial community	5
A multilevel lightweight fish respiratory frequency measurement method – Segmentation instead of detection	5
Recent advances in intelligent recognition methods for fish stress behavior	4
Design and optimization of a head-to-tail orientation device for freshwater fry	4
Aeration level in HDPE-lined nursery ponds that optimizes yield and production cost of preadult redclaw crayfish, Cherax quadricarinatus	4
Hydrodynamic characteristics of the aluminum alloy net panel in regular waves: An experimental study	4
Lactic acid production from filamentous algae grown using aquaponics wastewater	4
ficoEst – a tool to estimate the body composition of farmed fish	4
Optimization and performance evaluation of an integrated showering type aeration cum feeding system (i-STAFS) for tank-based shrimp nursery aquaculture	4
Effect of drum filter mesh size on RAS water quality	4
Rapid production bioflocs by inoculation and fertilized with different nitrogen and carbon sources	4
Exploring new frontiers: Current status and future research directions for AIoT application in shrimp farming in the Vietnamese Mekong delta	4
Novel and sustainable valorization of biogenic waste into microbial protein based fish dietary ingredient in bioreactor: Process optimization and sustainable utilization	4
The impact of indoor biofloc-based system on water quality, growth, and disease resistance of black tiger shrimp	4
A probabilistic framework for offshore aquaculture suitability assessment using bivariate copulas	4
Effect of biocarrier material on nitrification performance during start-up in freshwater RAS	3
Aquaculture fish counting and mass estimation method via vibration signal processing	3
MSIF-MobileNetV3: An improved MobileNetV3 based on multi-scale information fusion for fish feeding behavior analysis	3
Factors influencing feed distribution uniformity in aquaculture vessels based on DEM	3
Rapid detection of Penaeus vannamei diseases via an improved LeNet	3
Cold atmospheric plasma and pulsed electric fields as alternative decontamination technologies in recirculating aquaculture systems	3
Research progress of computer vision technology in abnormal fish detection	3
A hybrid approach towards real-time monitoring of fish distributions in aquaculture net cage	3
Vision-based dual network using spatial-temporal geometric features for effective resolution of fish behavior recognition with fish overlap	3
Linear modelling of the mass balance and energy demand for a recirculating aquaculture system	3
Effect of feed pellet buoyancy and stocking ratio of tilapia on fish and natural food in carp-tilapia polyculture ponds	3
Physical and numerical modeling of seaweed in oceanic waters	3
Appling machine learning for estimating total suspended solids in BFT aquaculture system	3
Revolutionizing aquaculture feeds: insights into black soldier fly utilization	3