Microalgae for Aquaculture
Microalgae play a vital role in the rearing of aquatic animals like mollusks, shrimp, and fish, and are of strategic interest for aquaculture. This work reviews production systems of microalgae for aquaculture (e.g. Benemann, 1992; Muller-Feuga, 2000), partially reproduced and updated here (with...
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Blackwell Publishing
2025
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| Summary: | Microalgae play a vital role in the rearing of aquatic animals like mollusks,
shrimp, and fish, and are of strategic interest for aquaculture. This work
reviews production systems of microalgae for aquaculture (e.g. Benemann,
1992; Muller-Feuga, 2000), partially reproduced and updated here (with
kind permission from Kluwer Academic Publishers). All the fisheries and
aquaculture production statistics quoted were obtained from the United
Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO, 2000).
Wild phytoplankton is at the base of the entire aquatic food chain, supporting
the production of renewable resources by some 100 106 t of fish
per year. Overall annual ocean primary production is set at 1011 tDW (Longhurst
et al., 1995; Pauly & Christensen, 1995). Microalgae’s main applications
for aquaculture are related to nutrition, being used fresh – as a sole
component or as a food additive to basic nutrients – for coloring the flesh of
salmonids and for other biological activities. This report deals principally
with the nutritional role of microalgae in aquaculture. |
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