EVALUACIÓN DE LA CALIDAD DEL AGUA Y SEDIMENTO DE PISCINAS CAMARONERAS DURANTE UN CICLO PRODUCTIVO DEL CULTIVO SEMINTENSIVO EN LA PARROQUIA COJIMIES, CANTON PEDERNALES, PROVINCIA DE MANABÍ, ECUADOR.

Abstract

The present work proposes an evaluation of the quality of the water and the sediment of the pools of two La Ranita and Pueblo Nuevo Shrimp Farms, located in the Cojimies canton, Province of Manabí, during a production cycle of shrimp culture, for which Two samples were taken at two different times, at the beginning of the productive cycle, and at the end of the productive cycle, with a time span of approximately 40 days, considering chemical and physical parameters of water such as Aluminum, Arsenic, Zinc, Cobalt, Copper, Chromium, Mercury, Fecal Coliforms and Total Dissolved Solids, and Heavy Metals such as Arsenic, Cobalt, Copper, Chromium and Mercury, comparing the results obtained with the environmental regulations in force in Ecuador, specifically with those determined in Tables 5 and 10 Of Annex 1, and Table 2 of Annex 2 of Ministerial Agreement 097A, establishing compliance and non-compliance with regulations, results showed that the And chemicals used, as well as in the production and production process of shrimp Citroplus, Adimix, E-flox, Vi-Bac, Molasses, Procrecim plus with different concentrations do not alter the physical, chemical or microbiological quality of the water and Of the sediments.