Productivity and Environmental Performance in Decoupled Aquaponics Experiments

Experimental data from three studies compares crop productivity and environmental impacts across decoupled aquaponics, hydroponics, and coupled aquaponics systems. The dataset includes results from four lettuce cultivars under controlled nutrient imbalances and a life cycle assessment evaluating fossil resource scarcity, water consumption, and land use. Author Oliver Körner published the data on figshare in 2026 under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Compare crop biomass production across different aquaponic and hydroponic systems based on the described experimental treatments.
• Analyze the environmental impact of nutrient management strategies based on the life cycle assessment results for categories like fossil resource scarcity and water consumption.
• Investigate cultivar-specific responses to nutrient constraints like phosphorus and potassium limitation described in the experiments.
• Model the influence of regional production conditions (e.g., Central Europe vs. Mediterranean) on environmental performance based on the scenario analysis.

Strengths

• Data originates from three controlled experiments comparing multiple agricultural systems.
• Life cycle assessment includes impact categories such as fossil resource scarcity, mineral resource scarcity, and water consumption.
• Experiments involved four different lettuce cultivars, allowing for analysis of cultivar-specific responses.
• The dataset is published under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The dataset is small in scale at 968.8 KB, indicating limited scope.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Data was generated from three controlled experiments on lettuce cultivars.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-26 05:26:17; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Experimental analysis includes scenario modeling for Central Europe and the Mediterranean.