Production of microalgal concentrates by flocculation and their assessment as aquaculture feeds

Aquacultural Engineering

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 300-313

  Knuckey, Richard M ^a   Brown, Malcolm R ^b   Robert, René ^c   Frampton, Dion M F ^b  

^a Northern Fisheries Centre   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Algal paste; Bivalve; Chaetoceros; Concentrate; Flocculation; Thalassiosira

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FLOCCULATION; PH EFFECTS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS;

ALGAL PASTE; BIVALVE; CHAETOCEROS; THALASSIOSIRA;

AQUACULTURE;

AQUACULTURE; BIODEGRADATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FEEDING ECOLOGY; FLOCCULATION; JUVENILE; MICROALGA;

ALGAE; CONCENTRATION; FLOCCULATION; PH; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; WATER BIOLOGY;

ALGAE; ATTHEYA SEPTENTRIONALIS; CHAETOCEROS CALCITRANS; CHAETOCEROS MUELLERII; CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; NITZSCHIA CLOSTERIUM; OSTREIDAE; PECTEN FUMATUS; RHODOMONAS SALINA; SKELETONEMA; TETRASELMIS SUECICA; THALASSIOSIRA PSEUDONANA;

EID: 33748139376     PISSN: 01448609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaeng.2006.04.001     Document Type: Article

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