A techno-economic analysis of industrial production of marine microalgae as a source of EPA and DHA-rich raw material for aquafeed: Research challenges and possibilities

Aquaculture

Volumn 436, Issue , 2015, Pages 95-103

  Chauton, Matilde S ^a,b   Reitan, Kjell Inge ^a,b   Norsker, Niels Henrik ^c   Tveterås, Ragnar ^d   Kleivdal, Hans T ^e  

^a SINTEF OCEAN   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c Biotopic ^*  (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STAVANGER   (Norway)

^e Uni Research Environment Centre for Applied Biotechnology   (Norway)

Author keywords

Aquafeed; Cultivation cost; DHA; EPA; Lipid; Microalgae

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL DIET; BIOENGINEERING; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; CULTIVATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; FATTY ACID; FOOD AVAILABILITY; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; MICROALGA; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 84911087658     PISSN: 00448486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aquaculture.2014.10.038     Document Type: Article

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