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Title Supplementing air with CO2 stripped from recirculating aquaculture improves growth of two green microalgae in aquaculture wastewater
ID_Doc 17121
Authors Pirhonen, J; Koukka, S; Pulkkinen, K
Title Supplementing air with CO2 stripped from recirculating aquaculture improves growth of two green microalgae in aquaculture wastewater
Year 2023
Published
DOI 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2023.739242
Abstract To improve sustainability and to implement the principles of circular economy in aquaculture, we tested the possibility to boost the capture of nitrate by two green microalgal species from recirculating aquaculture system's (RAS) wastewater by supplementing air with carbon dioxide stripped from a RAS. Carbon dioxide addition increased cell densities of Monoraphidium griffithii and Haematococcus pluvialis in photobioreactors during 9-day growing periods. However, growth rates and nitrate uptake rates were only improved for M. griffithii. Addition of CO2 decreased pH of the medium with M. griffithii which likely also affected positively on algal growth and nutrient uptake. These laboratory scale experiments suggest that microalgal cultivation to produce valuable biomass could be connected to a RAS to decrease nitrate and CO2 emissions from aquaculture.
Author Keywords Circular economy; Dissolved nutrients; Carbon dioxide; Nutrient trapping; Photobioreactor
Index Keywords Index Keywords
Document Type Other
Open Access Open Access
Source Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED)
EID WOS:000991195400001
WoS Category Fisheries; Marine & Freshwater Biology
Research Area Fisheries; Marine & Freshwater Biology
PDF https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2023.739242
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