Biomass production from inland brines
Thesis/Dissertation
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OSTI ID:5364406
The feasibility of utilizing inland saline waters to produce biomass through the application of marine aquaculture was investigated. From available data, the diatom Phaeodactylum tricornutum and the crustacea Artemia salina were selected as the experimental marine organisms. The proposed diatom served to establish primary productivity and concurrently provide a food source for the herbivorus crustacea. The objective of the first phase research was to investigate the ability of P. tricornutum and A. salina to survive in the inland saline environment. Clarified activated sludge and anaerobic digester effluents were evaluated as nutrient sources for the diatom cultures. Experimental results indicated that diatom and crustacea growth in the inland brine was equivalent to control cultures utilizing seawater. Wastewater effluents were successful as nutrient sources for the diatom cultures. Bioassay experiments conducted with petroleum related brines yielded mixed results respect to the survival and growth of the P. tricornutum and A. salina organisms. A second series of experiments involved cholornaphthalene, chlorophenanthene, and chlorophenanthrene, and chloroanthracene as the experimental hydrocarbons. Results of the diatom studies show chloroanthracene to induce toxic effects at a concentration of 500 ug/L. Artemia studies showed no acutely toxic effects relative to the test hydrocarbons at 50 and 100 ug/L.
- Research Organization:
- Missouri Univ., Columbia (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 5364406
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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140504* -- Solar Energy Conversion-- Biomass Production & Conversion-- (-1989)
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ANAEROBIC DIGESTION
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AQUACULTURE
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AROMATICS
ARTEMIA
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DIATOMS
DIGESTION
ENERGY SOURCES
HALOGENATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
INVERTEBRATES
MANAGEMENT
NUTRIENTS
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
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ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
PLANTS
PROCESSING
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140504* -- Solar Energy Conversion-- Biomass Production & Conversion-- (-1989)
ACTIVATED SLUDGE PROCESS
ALGAE
ANAEROBIC DIGESTION
ANIMALS
AQUACULTURE
AQUATIC ORGANISMS
AROMATICS
ARTEMIA
ARTHROPODS
BIOCONVERSION
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BIOMASS
BRANCHIOPODS
BRINES
CHLORINATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
CRUSTACEANS
DIATOMS
DIGESTION
ENERGY SOURCES
HALOGENATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
INVERTEBRATES
MANAGEMENT
NUTRIENTS
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
PLANTS
PROCESSING
PRODUCTION
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING