The environmental sustainability of microalgae as feed for aquaculture: A life cycle perspective

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 150, Issue , 2013, Pages 513-522

  Taelman, S E ^a   De Meester, S ^a   Roef, L ^b   Michiels, M ^b   Dewulf, J ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Proviron Holding nv ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

(Exergetic) life cycle assessment; Aquaculture; Carbon footprint; Microalgae; Resource footprint

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; AQUACULTURE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; MICROORGANISMS;

ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LIFE CYCLE PERSPECTIVES; MICRO-ALGAE; PRODUCTION PROCESS; PRODUCTION SCALE; RESOURCE EFFICIENCIES; RESOURCE FOOTPRINT;

LIFE CYCLE;

AQUACULTURE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MICROALGA; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS ENERGY; CARBON FOOTPRINT; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MICROALGA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

(EXERGETIC) LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; AQUACULTURE; BF; BREEDING FACTOR; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CEENE; CF; CUMULATIVE EXERGY EXTRACTION FROM THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT; DM; DRY MATTER; DRY WEIGHT; DW; EA; ELCA; EXERGETIC LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; EXERGY ANALYSIS; INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE; INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR STANDARDIZATION; IPCC; ISO; LCA; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MICROALGAE; PBR; PHOTOBIOREACTOR; PROVIAPT; PROVIRON ADVANCED PHOTOBIOREACTOR TECHNOLOGY; RESOURCE FOOTPRINT; UNEP; UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; BREEDING; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FISHES; GLOBAL WARMING; MICROALGAE; PILOT PROJECTS; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84888430244     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2013.08.044     Document Type: Article

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